Vulnerability · CVE-2026-45700
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol.
Published May 29, 2026 · catalog updated Jul 29, 2026 · FreeRDP is a free
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No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-45700. EPSS is 0.78%. Act only if a listed version of FreeRDP is a free is installed.
Gaps on this record
- The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (FreeRDP is a free).
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High7.7
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.78%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe freerdp/freerdp
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.26.0, FreeRDP's planar bitmap decoder has an out-of-bounds heap write when decoding RLE planar data. In libfreerdp/codec/planar.c, freerdp_bitmap_decompress_planar() validates the X destination coordinate nXDst against the caller-provided destination stride (nDstStep) even when it is writing into the internal temp buffer pTempData. An attacker can bypass the check with a large nDstStep and a large nXDst, causing planar_decompress_plane_rle() to write past the end of pTempData. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.26.0.
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- cpe freerdp/freerdpversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2026-45700
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
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Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-45700. EPSS is 0.78%. Act only if a listed version of FreeRDP is a free is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write. EPSS 0.78%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
May 29, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.26.0, FreeRDP's planar bitmap decoder has an out-of-bounds heap write when decoding RLE planar data. In libfreerdp/codec/planar.c, freerdp_bitmap_decompress_planar() validates the X destination coordinate nXDst against the caller-provided destination stride (nDstStep) even when it is writing into the internal temp buffer p
Jul 29, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.26.0, FreeRDP's planar bitmap decoder has an out-of-bounds heap write when decoding RLE planar data. In libfreerdp/codec/planar.c, freerdp_bitmap_decompress_planar() validates the X destination coordinate nXDst against the caller-provided destination stride (nDstStep) even when it is writing into the internal temp buffer p
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-45700
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-45700
30-day exploitation probability 0.8%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-45700
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.26.0, FreeRDP's planar bitmap decoder has an out-of-bounds heap write when decoding RLE planar data. In libfreerdp/codec/planar.c, freerdp_bitmap_decompress_planar() validates the X destination coordinate
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.