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SUSE freerdp Essential Buffer Overflow Patch 2026-1398-1 Released

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Calendar Grey April 16, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Update solving seven vulnerabilities in freerdp enhances performance and security for SUSE users, ensuring software integrity.
An update that solves seven vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for freerdp fixes the following issues: Security fixes: * CVE-2026-26271: Buffer overread in FreeRDP icon processing (bsc#1258979). * CVE-2026-26955: Out-of-Bounds write in ClearCodec surface command handler (bsc#1258982). * CVE-2026-26965: Out-of-bounds write in planar bitmap RLE decompression (bsc#1258985). * CVE-2026-31806: improper validation of server messages can lead to a heap buffer overflow and arbitrary code execution (bsc#1259653). * CVE-2026-31883: crafted RDPSND audio format and wave data can cause a heap buffer overwrite (bsc#1259679). * CVE-2026-31885: unchecked predictor can lead to an out-of-bounds read (bsc#1259686). Other changes for freerdp: * Update CVE-2026-24491 patch and check the channel pointer before reset, avoiding subtle crash (bsc#1261848).

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow SuSE important heap overflow freerdp

References

* bsc#1257981

* bsc#1258979

* bsc#1258982

* bsc#1258985

* bsc#1259653

* bsc#1259679

* bsc#1259686

* bsc#1261848

Cross-

* CVE-2026-24491

* CVE-2026-26271

* CVE-2026-26955

* CVE-2026-26965

* CVE-2026-31806

* CVE-2026-31883

* CVE-2026-31885

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-24491 ( SUSE ): 6.9

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2026-24491 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

* CVE-2026-24491 ( NVD ): 7.7

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

* CVE-2026-24491 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2026-26271 ( NVD ): 5.5

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1398-1
Release Date: 2026-04-16T10:40:51Z
Rating: important

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow SuSE important heap overflow freerdp

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