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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-68118

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol.

Published Dec 17, 2025 · catalog updated Dec 18, 2025 · FreeRDP FreeRDP

Last checked Nov 2, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-68118. EPSS is 0.24%. Act only if a listed version of FreeRDP FreeRDP is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium6.6
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.24%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor FreeRDP FreeRDP < 3.20.0

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to version 3.20.0, a vulnerability exists in FreeRDP’s certificate handling code on Windows platforms. The function the Microsoft-specific function to format certificate cache filenames without guaranteeing NUL termination when truncation occurs. According to Microsoft documentation, does not append a terminating NUL byte if the formatted output exceeds the destination buffer size. If an attacker controls the hostname value (for example via server redirection or a crafted .rdp file), the resulting filename buffer may not be

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor FreeRDP FreeRDP < 3.20.0< 3.20.0

How to fix CVE-2025-68118

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-68118. EPSS is 0.24%. Act only if a listed version of FreeRDP FreeRDP is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with FreeRDP FreeRDP < 3.20.0 < 3.20.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.24%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Dec 17, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to version 3.20.0, a vulnerability exists in FreeRDP’s certificate handling code on Windows platforms. The function the Microsoft-specific function to format certificate cache filenames without guaranteeing NUL termination when truncation occurs. According to Microsoft documentation, does not append a terminating NUL byte if th

  2. Dec 18, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to version 3.20.0, a vulnerability exists in FreeRDP’s certificate handling code on Windows platforms. The function the Microsoft-specific function to format certificate cache filenames without guaranteeing NUL termination when truncation occurs. According to Microsoft documentation, does not append a terminating NUL byte if th

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-68118

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-68118

    30-day exploitation probability 0.24%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-204019

    FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to version 3.20.0, a vulnerability exists in FreeRDP’s certificate handling code on Windows platforms. The function the Microsoft-specific function to format certificate cache filenames without guaranteeing NU

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 2, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSNov 2, 2026
  • CVE.orgNov 2, 2026
  • EUVDNov 1, 2026