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CVE-2026-109679

Freerdp: null pointer dereference can lead to denial of service

Risk score
40/100
CVSS
5.3 v3.1
Exploit chance (30 days)
0.3%
Published
13 Oct 2026

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What to know

What it is
FreeRDP 3.0.0-beta4 before 3.32.0 contains a NULL pointer dereference in arm_handle_request_ok when an ARM endpoint returns an empty HTTP 200 body. Attackers controlling the configured ARM gateway can return a zero-length body to pass NULL to strnlen and crash the connecting client.
Affected
Freerdp before 3.32.0
Fix
Upgrade Freerdp to 3.32.0 or later.
Exploitation
Public proof of concept

Why it is Yellow

  • CVSS 5.3 medium
  • Public exploit or proof of concept referenced

References

Original description

FreeRDP 3.0.0-beta4 before 3.32.0 contains a NULL pointer dereference in arm_handle_request_ok when an ARM endpoint returns an empty HTTP 200 body. Attackers controlling the configured ARM gateway can return a zero-length body to pass NULL to strnlen and crash the connecting client.

Last activity 13 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.