What is CVE-2026-114046?

CVE-2026-114046 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freerdp, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-10-21.

How severe is CVE-2026-114046?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Freerdp

CVE-2026-114046

FreeRDP 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 contains a null-pointer dereference in the smartcard emulation backend that accepts a null per-reader name in SCardGetStatusChange requests. A malicious RDP server can send a crafted reader-state entry with a null szReader, causing strcmp or _wcscmp to crash the client process.

Published 2026-10-21.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Freerdp

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-q6pp-28g8-xqjc (vendor-advisory)
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freerdp-3.0.0-before-3.32.0-null-pointer-dereferen… (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-114046?: CVE-2026-114046 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freerdp, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2026-114046?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.