HIGH
CVE-2026-67299
CVSS
7.5
Description
FreeRDP before 3.29.0 contains a client-side heap use-after-free in the async update message proxy for WINDOW_ICON_ORDER when AsyncUpdate is enabled (e.g. xfreerdp /async-update). In update_message_WindowIcon() a shallow CopyMemory() overwrites a freshly allocated lParam->iconInfo with the parser-owned windowIcon->iconInfo pointer. After the parser callback returns, update_recv_window_info_order() frees window_icon.iconInfo, but the queued async message still retains and later dispatches that stale pointer. A malicious or compromised RDP server sending a crafted RAIL Window Alternate Secondary Order with WINDOW_ORDER_ICON can trigger use-after-free, leading to memory corruption and client crash.
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-416
Use After Free
EPSS Score
0.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
28th percentile
References
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/5370fb26fbf034ecd11d3026b6ad639b5fff493f
Patch
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-34hq-hwjw-q8v3
Exploit, Vendor Advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freerdp-before-use-after-free-via-windowicon-async-message
Patch, Third Party Advisory
Base CVE data derived from NVD (public domain). Enrichment by
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(CC-BY-4.0). Fetched via API.