FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.20.1, a race condition between the RDPGFX dynamic virtual channel thread and the SDL render thread leads to a heap use-after-free. Specifically, an escaped pointer to sdl->primary (SDL_Surface) is accessed after it has been freed during RDPGFX ResetGraphics handling. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.20.1.
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Wed, 14 Jan 2026 18:00:00 +0000

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Description FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.20.1, a race condition between the RDPGFX dynamic virtual channel thread and the SDL render thread leads to a heap use-after-free. Specifically, an escaped pointer to sdl->primary (SDL_Surface) is accessed after it has been freed during RDPGFX ResetGraphics handling. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.20.1.
Title FreeRDP RDPGFX ResetGraphics race leads to use-after-free in SDL client (sdl->primary)
Weaknesses CWE-362
CWE-416
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-14T17:43:28.114Z

Reserved: 2026-01-12T16:20:16.745Z

Link: CVE-2026-22851

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-14T18:16:42.490

Modified: 2026-01-14T18:16:42.490

Link: CVE-2026-22851

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