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.
CVE-2026-33983
This medium-severity CVE scores 6.5 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.4%, top 64% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 6.5
- EG Score
- 6.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 29(Track)EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity65% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 35%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 30, 2026
Last Modified
July 15, 2026
Advisory Details (9)
Auto-updated Jul 16, 2026Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP So
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:12388Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Serv
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:12359Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11651Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11649Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11336Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11333Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11332Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10709Progressive Codec Quant BYTE Underflow - UB + CPU DoS · Advisory · FreeRDP/FreeRDP · GitHub
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-4gfm-4p52-h478Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-33983(5)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2026:19033Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
- RHSA-2026:9656Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
- RHSA-2026:8945Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
- RHSA-2026:8457Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
- RHSA-2026:8458Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
Patch Availability(14)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | freerdp-2:2.11.7-7.el9_8.1 | 2026-05-19 | redhat |
| redhat | freerdp-2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.2 | 2026-05-19 | redhat |
| redhat | freerdp-2:2.2.0-7.el8_6.6 | 2026-04-30 | redhat |
| redhat | freerdp-2:2.2.0-12.el8_8.6 | 2026-04-30 | redhat |
| redhat | freerdp-2:2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_2.11 | 2026-04-29 | redhat |
| redhat | freerdp-2:2.2.0-13.el8_4 | 2026-04-29 | redhat |
| redhat | freerdp-2:2.4.1-6.el9_2.7 | 2026-04-28 | redhat |
| redhat | freerdp-2:2.4.1-3.el9_0.5 | 2026-04-28 | redhat |
| redhat | freerdp-2:3.10.3-3.el10_0.6 | 2026-04-28 | redhat |
| redhat | freerdp-2:2.11.2-1.el9_4.6 | 2026-04-27 | redhat |
| redhat | freerdp-2:2.11.7-1.el9_6.8 | 2026-04-22 | redhat |
| redhat | freerdp-2:2.11.7-7.el8_10 | 2026-04-20 | redhat |
| redhat | freerdp-2:2.11.7-1.el9_7.6 | 2026-04-16 | redhat |
| redhat | freerdp-2:3.10.3-5.el10_1.6 | 2026-04-16 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| freerdp2 | 2.10.0+dfsg1-1 ... 2.9.0+dfsg1-1~bpo11+1 (32 versions) | — | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| freerdp2 | 2.10.0+dfsg1-1 ... 2.11.7+dfsg1-6~deb12u1 (13 versions) | — | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| freerdp3 | 3.15.0+dfsg-2.1, 3.15.0+dfsg-2.1+deb13u1 | 3.15.0+dfsg-2.1+deb13u2 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| freerdp3 | 3.15.0+dfsg-2.1 ... 3.24.2+dfsg-1~bpo13+1 (25 versions) | 3.24.2+dfsg-1 | — |
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(10)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Red HatRHSA-2026:10709IMPORTANT2026-03-30
RHSA-2026:10709 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2026:11332IMPORTANT2026-03-30
RHSA-2026:11332 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2026:11333IMPORTANT2026-03-30
RHSA-2026:11333 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2026:11336IMPORTANT2026-03-30
RHSA-2026:11336 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2026:11649IMPORTANT2026-03-30
RHSA-2026:11649 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2026:11651IMPORTANT2026-03-30
RHSA-2026:11651 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2026:12359IMPORTANT2026-03-30
RHSA-2026:12359 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2026:12388IMPORTANT2026-03-30
RHSA-2026:12388 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2026:19349IMPORTANT2026-03-30
RHSA-2026:19349 — Important
- UbuntuUSN-8561-1MEDIUM
FreeRDP vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 47× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-16 09:43 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-16 09:43 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-14 06:07 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-14 06:07 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-12 20:28 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-12 20:28 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-11 03:57 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-11 03:57 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-10 04:49 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-10 04:49 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-09 05:42 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-09 05:42 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-07 15:50 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-07 15:50 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-06 00:39 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-06 00:39 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-04 15:10 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-04 10:38 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-03 22:58 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-03 22:58 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-03 10:36 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-02 15:01 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-02 15:01 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-02 02:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-01 04:16 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-30 16:28 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-30 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-27 14:13 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-23 03:09 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-19 02:29 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-18 06:59 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-07-16 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-13 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-08 15:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-30 04:36 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-06-30 04:36 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-06-30 04:32 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked
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