Vulnerability · Published Mar 30, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-33982FreeRDP: Persistent Cache Allocator Mismatch - Heap OOB Read

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds read in FreeRDP from FreeRDP. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 9% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 90.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to version 3.24.2, there is a heap-buffer-overflow READ vulnerability at 24 bytes before the allocation, in winpr_aligned_offset_recalloc(). This issue has been patched in version 3.24.2.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:10freerdp2:3.10.3-5.el10_1.8ALSA-2026:16014
AlmaLinux:10freerdp-devel2:3.10.3-5.el10_1.8ALSA-2026:16014
AlmaLinux:10freerdp-libs2:3.10.3-5.el10_1.8ALSA-2026:16014
AlmaLinux:10freerdp-server2:3.10.3-5.el10_1.8ALSA-2026:16014
AlmaLinux:10libwinpr2:3.10.3-5.el10_1.8ALSA-2026:16014
AlmaLinux:10libwinpr-devel2:3.10.3-5.el10_1.8ALSA-2026:16014
Alpine:v3.23freerdp3.24.2-r0ALPINE-CVE-2026-33982
Alpine:v3.24freerdp3.24.2-r0ALPINE-CVE-2026-33982
Debian:12freerdp2no fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-33982
Debian:13freerdp33.15.0+dfsg-2.1+deb13u2DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33982
Debian:14freerdp33.24.2+dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33982
Rocky Linux:10freerdp2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.5RLSA-2026:19142
Rocky Linux:10freerdp2:3.10.3-5.el10_1.8RLSA-2026:16014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSfreerdp2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-33982
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSfreerdp33.30.0+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.1USN-8561-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSfreerdp33.30.0+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33982
Ubuntu:25.10freerdp3no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-33982
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSfreerdp33.30.0+dfsg-0ubuntu0.26.04.1USN-8561-1

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
FreeRDP FreeRDP < 3.24.2

Weakness: CWE-125 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

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