FreeRDP before 3.32.0 fails to close prior serial handles in serial_process_irp_create, allowing a malicious RDP server to exhaust file descriptors. Attackers can send repeated serial IRP_MJ_CREATE requests to accumulate descriptors and terminate the client at the CommReadFile FD_SETSIZE assertion.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0025.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
FreeRDP FreeRDP unaffected
Version Status Constraints
2.0.0-rc0 affected < 3.32.0
3.32.0 unaffected —

No data.

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment is a feature of OpenCVE that uses AI to automatically link vendors and products to CVEs. Learn more on GitHub.

No data.

Project Subscriptions

Vendors Products
Freerdp Subscribe
Freerdp Subscribe
Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-mqxv-c882-m8w9 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110830 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-110830 cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freerdp-before-3.32.0-denial-of-service-via-serial-irp-mj-create cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 threat_severity

Moderate

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description FreeRDP before 3.32.0 fails to close prior serial handles in serial_process_irp_create, allowing a malicious RDP server to exhaust file descriptors. Attackers can send repeated serial IRP_MJ_CREATE requests to accumulate descriptors and terminate the client at the CommReadFile FD_SETSIZE assertion.
Title FreeRDP before 3.32.0 Denial of Service via Serial IRP_MJ_CREATE
First Time appeared Freerdp
Freerdp freerdp
Weaknesses CWE-400
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Freerdp
Freerdp freerdp
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Projects

Sign in to view the affected projects.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-15T18:12:12.919Z

Reserved: 2026-10-14T22:11:15.574Z

Link: CVE-2026-110830

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-15T18:11:54.090Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-10-14T23:17:22.737

Modified: 2026-10-15T19:17:23.827

Link: CVE-2026-110830

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-10-14T22:52:05Z

Links: CVE-2026-110830 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-15T12:30:04Z

Weaknesses