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FreeRDP before 3.29.0 contains a null pointer dereference vulnerability in smartcard device control request cleanup when reader-state decoding fails. Attackers …

Published:

1 August 2026 at 00:00:00

Alert date:

1 August 2026 at 16:11:13

Source:

nvd.nist.gov

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Network Infrastructure, Enterprise Applications

FreeRDP versions before 3.29.0 are affected by a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the smartcard device control request cleanup process. The flaw is triggered when reader-state decoding fails during handling of smartcard IRP requests. Attackers can exploit this by sending malformed smartcard IRP requests containing non-zero cReaders values paired with truncated reader-state data. This causes a null pointer access in the free_reader_states functions, resulting in a process crash. The vulnerability enables remote denial-of-service attacks against systems using FreeRDP with smartcard redirection enabled. A fix has been issued in FreeRDP version 3.29.0. The vulnerability is tracked under CVE-2026-67304 and has been documented in a GitHub security advisory. Patch details are available via the referenced GitHub commit.

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