FreeRDP up to 3.27.x MS-RDPECAM Camera Device Enumerator camera_device_enumerator_main.c DeviceName/VirtualChannelName out-of-bounds

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in FreeRDP up to 3.27.x. This affects an unknown function of the file channels/rdpecam/server/camera_device_enumerator_main.c of the component MS-RDPECAM Camera Device Enumerator. The manipulation of the argument DeviceName/VirtualChannelName results in out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-57157. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in FreeRDP up to 3.27.x. Affected is an unknown functionality of the file channels/rdpecam/server/camera_device_enumerator_main.c of the component MS-RDPECAM Camera Device Enumerator. The manipulation of the argument DeviceName/VirtualChannelName with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.28.0, FreeRDP server implementations with the MS-RDPECAM camera device enumerator channel enabled scan attacker-supplied DeviceName and VirtualChannelName fields for a NUL terminator in channels/rdpecam/server/camera_device_enumerator_main.c and then dereference once past the scan bound, allowing a malicious RDP client to trigger a 1- to 2-byte out-of-bounds heap read. This issue is fixed in version 3.28.0.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-57157 since 06/24/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 3.28.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Remote Access Software

Name

• FreeRDP

Version

• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.3
• 3.4
• 3.5
• 3.6
• 3.7
• 3.8
• 3.9
• 3.10
• 3.11
• 3.12
• 3.13
• 3.14
• 3.15
• 3.16
• 3.17
• 3.18
• 3.19
• 3.20
• 3.21
• 3.22
• 3.23
• 3.24
• 3.25
• 3.26
• 3.27

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/

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