{"id":"CVE-2026-114046","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-114046","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:51:35.867Z","title":"A malicious RDP server can send a crafted reader-state entry with a null szReader, causing strcmp or _wcscmp to crash the client process.","description":"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":"2026-10-21T01:17:27.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-22T15:45:00.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":7.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/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/M"},"cwe":["CWE-476"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00254,"percentile":0.16787,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-21","score":0.00254,"percentile":0.15998}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.25%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-21T01:17:27.000Z","detail":{"score":"7.1","severity":"HIGH","publishedAt":"2026-10-21T01:17:27.087Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 7.1)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-q6pp-28g8-xqjc","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freerdp-3.0.0-before-3.32.0-null-pointer-dereference-via-emulated-smartcard","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-114046","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}