FreeRDP Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (GHSA-h78c-5cjx-jw6x)
🗓️ 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2026 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-68118 | 17 Dec 202522:01 | – | alpinelinux | |
| The vulnerability of the freerdp_certificate_data_hash_() function in the RDP client FreeRDP allows a hacker to trigger a service failure. | 17 Jul 202600:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| CVE-2025-68118 | 2 Jan 202618:47 | – | circl | |
| FreeRDP 缓冲区错误漏洞 | 17 Dec 202500:00 | – | cnnvd | |
| CVE-2025-68118 | 17 Dec 202522:01 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2025-68118 Potential Heap Out-of-Bounds Read in freerdp_certificate_data_hash_ via Unsafe _snprintf Usage | 17 Dec 202522:01 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2025-68118 | 17 Dec 202522:01 | – | debiancve | |
| EUVD-2025-204019 | 17 Dec 202522:01 | – | euvd | |
| CVE-2025-68118 | 17 Dec 202522:16 | – | nvd | |
| CGA-8RCX-F63X-GVP6 | 9 Jan 202612:34 | – | osv |
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
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script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.4");
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script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2026-01-02 16:41:23 +0000 (Fri, 02 Jan 2026)");
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script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
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script_name("FreeRDP Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (GHSA-h78c-5cjx-jw6x)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2026 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Buffer overflow");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"FreeRDP is prone to a heap buffer overflow vulnerability.
This VT has been deprecated since the detection only supports Linux, yet the vulnerability
affects only Windows installations.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A vulnerability exists in FreeRDP's certificate handling code
on Windows platforms. The function `freerdp_certificate_data_hash_` uses the Microsoft-specific
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script_tag(name:"impact", value:"In default configurations, the connection is typically
terminated before sensitive data can be meaningfully exposed, but unintended memory read or a
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17 Jun 2026 00:00Current
5.5Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.5
CVSS 3.19.1
CVSS 48.7
EPSS0.00239