FreeRDP up to 3.31.x Linux Serial Redirection CommReadFile/CommWriteFile null pointer dereference

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in FreeRDP up to 3.31.x. Affected is the function CommReadFile/CommWriteFile of the component Linux Serial Redirection. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-110834. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in FreeRDP up to 3.31.x. Affected is the function CommReadFile/CommWriteFile of the component Linux Serial Redirection. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

FreeRDP from 2.0.0 before 3.32.0 contains a null pointer dereference vulnerability that allows malicious RDP servers to crash clients by sending out-of-lifecycle serial IRPs. Attackers can send IRP_MJ_READ or IRP_MJ_WRITE before create or after close, causing CommReadFile or CommWriteFile to dereference a null handle and terminate clients using Linux serial redirection.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-110834 since 10/15/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 3.32.0 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
• 3.28
• 3.29
• 3.30
• 3.31

License

• open-source

Website

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

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