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Details of issue NIXPKGS-2026-0639

NIXPKGS-2026-0639
published on 15 Mar 2026
Permalink CVE-2026-29774
5.3 MEDIUM
  • CVSS version: 3.1
  • Attack vector (AV): NETWORK
  • Attack complexity (AC): LOW
  • Privileges required (PR): NONE
  • User interaction (UI): NONE
  • Scope (S): UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality impact (C): NONE
  • Integrity impact (I): NONE
  • Availability impact (A): LOW
updated 2 weeks, 2 days ago by @LeSuisse Activity log
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FreeRDP has a heap-buffer-overflow in avc420_yuv_to_rgb via OOB regionRects

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.24.0, a client-side heap buffer overflow occurs in the FreeRDP client's AVC420/AVC444 YUV-to-RGB conversion path due to missing horizontal bounds validation of H.264 metablock regionRects coordinates. In yuv.c, the clamp() function (line 347) only validates top/bottom against the surface/YUV height, but never checks left/right against the surface width. When avc420_yuv_to_rgb (line 67) computes destination and source pointers using rect->left, it performs unchecked pointer arithmetic that can reach far beyond the allocated surface buffer. A malicious server sends a WIRE_TO_SURFACE_PDU_1 with AVC420 codec containing a regionRects entry where left greatly exceeds the surface width (e.g., left=60000 on a 128px surface). The H.264 bitstream decodes successfully, then yuv420_process_work_callback calls avc420_yuv_to_rgb which computes pDstPoint = pDstData + rect->top * nDstStep + rect->left * 4, writing 16-byte SSE vectors 1888+ bytes past the allocated heap region. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.24.0.

Affected products

FreeRDP
  • ==< 3.24.0

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Upstream advisory: https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-5q35-hv9x-7794
Upstream patch: https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/6482b7a92fff3959582cef052d1967ad6bde3738