CVE-2026-33982 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00013.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/a48dbde2c8a5b8b70a9d1c045d969a71afd6284c
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-8jm9-2925-g4v2

History

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 03:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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.
Title		FreeRDP: Persistent Cache Allocator Mismatch - Heap OOB Read
Weaknesses		CWE-125
References		https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/a48dbde2c8a5b8b70a9d1c045d969a71afd6284c https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-8jm9-2925-g4v2
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-03-30T21:42:11.982Z

Updated: 2026-03-31T14:07:35.702Z

Reserved: 2026-03-24T22:20:06.210Z

Link: CVE-2026-33982

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-31T14:07:32.237Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-30T22:16:19.260

Modified: 2026-03-30T22:16:19.260

Link: CVE-2026-33982

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-125

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