CVE-2026-121957

Publication date 4 November 2026

Last updated 6 November 2026

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

FreeRDP before 3.32.2 contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows malicious RDP servers to corrupt client memory by racing the RDPGFX ResetGraphics handler against the planar bitmap decoder. Attackers can send ResetGraphics while concurrently sending compressed bitmaps of 32 bpp or more to trigger heap use-after-free or out-of-bounds read/write on shared planar buffers.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
freerdp	26.04 LTS resolute	Not in release
	24.04 LTS noble	Not in release
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not in release
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:

Base score 8.7 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Attack requirements	None
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Vulnerable system - Confidentiality impact	High
Vulnerable system - Integrity impact	None
Vulnerable system - Availability impact	None
Subsequent system - Confidentiality impact	None
Subsequent system - Integrity impact	None
Subsequent system - Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.7 · High
Base + Threat score	-
Base + Environmental score	-
Base + Threat + Environmental score	-

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Base score 7.0 · High