FreeRDP up to 3.31.x rdpecam client resource consumption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in FreeRDP up to 3.31.x. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component rdpecam client. The manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-111374. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in FreeRDP up to 3.31.x. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component rdpecam client. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

FreeRDP from 3.30.0 before 3.32.0 contains a resource exhaustion vulnerability in the rdpecam client that lets malicious RDP servers request unadvertised camera media types. Attackers can send a StartStreamsRequest with oversized dimensions to force large pending-sample allocations and reconfigure the local camera through the HAL.

The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-111374 since 10/15/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 3.32.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

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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