CVE-2026-24679

Publication date 9 February 2026

Last updated 16 October 2026

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.1 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.22.0, The URBDRC client uses server-supplied interface numbers as array indices without bounds checks, causing an out-of-bounds read in libusb_udev_select_interface. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.22.0.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
freerdp 26.10 stonking Not in release
26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
25.10 questing Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
freerdp2 26.10 stonking Not in release
26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
25.10 questing Not in release
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed in 2.11.5+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm5
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed in 2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.10
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed in 2.6.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2+esm3
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed in 2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm5
freerdp3 26.10 stonking
Not affected
26.04 LTS resolute
Not affected
25.10 questing
Fixed in 3.16.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed in 3.5.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu1.2
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release

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Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:

Base score 8.7 · High

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

Base score 9.1 · Critical

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-8042-1
    • FreeRDP vulnerabilities
    • 16 February 2026

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