CVE-2026-121955

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.03 BB Relevance: 77/100
Published: 2026-11-04 Modified: 2026-11-05 First seen: 2026-11-04 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: X
AT: None
VC: None
VI: None
VA: High

Description

FreeRDP before 3.32.2 contains a use-after-free vulnerability in Emulate_SCardReleaseContext that frees the emulated SCardContext before its worker thread is cancelled and joined. A malicious server can send ESTABLISHCONTEXT, a long-timeout GETSTATUSCHANGE, then RELEASECONTEXT smartcard IRPs to corrupt heap memory or crash clients using smartcard emulation.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (3)

VendorProductVersion
FreeRDP FreeRDP 0 < 3.32.2
FreeRDP FreeRDP 0 < 3.32.2
freerdp freerdp < 3.32.2

Bug Bounty Relevance

77 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

8.7 / 10.0 v4.0
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: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

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.34%
Raw Score 0.003440
Percentile 28.4%
Date 2026-11-14

EPSS Trend

2026-11-14
0.00344
2026-11-13
0.00344
2026-11-12
0.00344
2026-11-10
0.00344
2026-11-09
0.00344
2026-11-08
0.00344
2026-11-07
0.00344
2026-11-06
0.00344
2026-11-05
0.00417

Intelligence Sources

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