CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-114046

MediumCVSS 6.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.35%

29th percentile - higher than 29% of all known CVEs

Summary

FreeRDP 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 contains a null-pointer dereference in the smartcard emulation backend that accepts a null per-reader name in SCardGetStatusChange requests. A malicious RDP server can send a crafted reader-state entry with a null szReader, causing strcmp or _wcscmp to crash the client process.

Risk Assessment

A malicious RDP server can crash the client, leading to denial of service for the user.

Recommendation

Update FreeRDP to version 3.32.0 or later. Additionally, consider validating input in the smartcard emulation backend.

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Original NVD description (English source)

FreeRDP 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 contains a null-pointer dereference in the smartcard emulation backend that accepts a null per-reader name in SCardGetStatusChange requests. A malicious RDP server can send a crafted reader-state entry with a null szReader, causing strcmp or _wcscmp to crash the client process.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS