{"id":"CVE-2026-111374","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-111374"],"related":[],"title":"FreeRDP: malicious RDP server exhausts client memory via camera requests","description":"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.","summary":"FreeRDP's rdpecam client, from 3.30.0 before 3.32.0, accepts camera media types that were never advertised and oversized StartStreamsRequest dimensions from an RDP server. A malicious server can force large memory allocations on the client and reconfigure the local camera through the HAL.","severity":"medium","cvss":6.0,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[{"name":"freerdp","fixed":["3.32.0"],"affected":">= 3.30.0, < 3.32.0","ecosystem":"vendor"}],"ecosystems":["vendor"],"tags":["freerdp","linux","other","remote-desktop","windows"],"not_affected_if":["no-camera-redirection","trusted-servers-only"],"how_to_check":"- Check the installed FreeRDP version with `xfreerdp --version` or `freerdp --version`, and treat versions from `3.30.0` up to but not including `3.32.0` as exposed.\n- Confirm whether camera redirection (rdpecam) is enabled in the client configuration; the sources do not say what the default is.","fix":"- Upgrade FreeRDP to `3.32.0` or later.","status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-16T03:18:04+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:12+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-25T04:05:54+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-25T04:05:54+00:00","category":"other","confidence":0.6,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-25T04:05:54Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- Upgrade FreeRDP to `3.32.0` or later.","reach":"network","title":"FreeRDP: malicious RDP server exhausts client memory via camera requests","impact":"medium","summary":"FreeRDP's rdpecam client, from 3.30.0 before 3.32.0, accepts camera media types that were never advertised and oversized StartStreamsRequest dimensions from an RDP server. A malicious server can force large memory allocations on the client and reconfigure the local camera through the HAL.","category":"other","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["freerdp","remote-desktop","linux","windows"],"confidence":0.6,"needs_auth":"unknown","worst_case":"Client memory exhausted and local camera reconfigured by a hostile server","analyst_note":"","how_to_check":"- Check the installed FreeRDP version with `xfreerdp --version` or `freerdp --version`, and treat versions from `3.30.0` up to but not including `3.32.0` as exposed.\n- Confirm whether camera redirection (rdpecam) is enabled in the client configuration; the sources do not say what the default is.","needs_analyst":false,"not_affected_if":["trusted-servers-only","no-camera-redirection"],"who_is_affected":"Only FreeRDP clients from 3.30.0 up to but not including 3.32.0 that connect to RDP servers are exposed, and the attack needs a malicious server. Clients that connect only to trusted servers, or that do not use camera redirection, are lower risk; the sources do not state whether camera redirection is off by default.","user_interaction":"unknown","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"medium"},"cost_usd":0.000628,"input_tokens":3382,"output_tokens":580,"severity_before":"medium"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-111374':13A,16A '-2026':12A,15A '3.30.0':30B,70C '3.32.0':32B,72C 'accept':33B 'advertis':40B 'alloc':56B,106C 'attack':92C 'camera':9A,34B,64B,89C,111C 'client':6A,28B,59B,81C 'contain':73C 'cve':11A,14A 'desktop':23B 'dimens':44B,99C 'exhaust':5A,76C 'forc':53B,101C 'freerdp':1A,17A,18B,25B,68C 'hal':67B,114C 'larg':54B,102C 'let':83C 'linux':19B 'local':63B,110C 'malici':2A,50B,84C 'media':35B,90C 'memori':7A,55B 'never':39B 'overs':42B,98C 'pend':104C 'pending-sampl':103C 'rdp':3A,47B,85C 'rdpecam':27B,80C 'reconfigur':61B,108C 'remot':22B 'remote-desktop':21B 'request':10A,87C 'resourc':75C 'sampl':105C 'send':94C 'server':4A,48B,51B,86C 'startstreamsrequest':43B,96C 'type':36B,91C 'unadvertis':88C 'via':8A 'vulner':77C 'window':24B","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Only FreeRDP clients from 3.30.0 up to but not including 3.32.0 that connect to RDP servers are exposed, and the attack needs a malicious server. Clients that connect only to trusted servers, or that do not use camera redirection, are lower risk; the sources do not state whether camera redirection is off by default.","tier":"C","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-16T03:18:04+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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","cvss_by":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-111374","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111374","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-16T03:18:04+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-20T15:36:58+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:12+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T22:28:54+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai"}