FreeRDP up to 3.24.1 progressive_decompress_tile_upgrade integer overflow
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Summary
A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in FreeRDP up to 3.24.1. Affected by this vulnerability is the function progressive_decompress_tile_upgrade. Such manipulation leads to integer overflow.
This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-33983. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.
The affected component should be upgraded.
Details
A vulnerability was found in FreeRDP up to 3.24.1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function progressive_decompress_tile_upgrade. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-190. The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to version 3.24.2, progressive_decompress_tile_upgrade() detects a mismatch via progressive_rfx_quant_cmp_equal() but only emits WLog_WARN, execution continues. The wrapped value (247) is used as a shift exponent, causing undefined behavior and an approximately 80 billion iteration loop (CPU DoS). This issue has been patched in version 3.24.2.
The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-33983 since 03/24/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 306291 (Amazon Linux 2 : freerdp, --advisory ALAS2-2026-3238 (ALAS-2026-3238)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.
Upgrading to version 3.24.2 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (306291), EUVD (EUVD-2026-17227) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-0880). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.
Affected
- Amazon Linux 2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Fedora Linux
- SUSE Linux
- Oracle Linux
- SUSE openSUSE
- RESF Rocky Linux
- Open Source FreeRDP
Product
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Website
- Product: https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3
VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CNA Base Score: 6.5
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Exploiting
Class: Integer overflowCWE: CWE-190 / CWE-189
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 306291
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux 2 : freerdp, --advisory ALAS2-2026-3238 (ALAS-2026-3238)
Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Upgrade: FreeRDP 3.24.2
Timeline
03/24/2026 CVE reserved03/30/2026 VulDB entry created
03/31/2026 Advisory disclosed
07/02/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Product: github.comAdvisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-33983 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-33983
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-354266
EUVD: 🔒
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2026-0880 - FreeRDP: Mehrere Schwachstellen
Entry
Created: 03/31/2026 00:17Updated: 07/02/2026 02:38
Changes: 03/31/2026 00:17 (63), 03/31/2026 03:38 (1), 04/14/2026 17:04 (2), 04/18/2026 20:53 (7), 04/20/2026 14:00 (1), 05/13/2026 20:12 (1), 07/02/2026 02:38 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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