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GHSA-8M44-J2JR-WMRP

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-24 15:31 – Updated: 2026-08-24 15:31

Details

RustDesk's Windows clipboard redirection copies a peer-supplied length into a fixed-size caller buffer without an upper bound check. When an OLE paste consumer such as explorer.exe calls IStream::Read with a buffer of cb bytes, CliprdrStream_Read in libs/clipboard/src/windows/wf_cliprdr.c requests that many bytes of a remote file through cliprdr_send_request_filecontents and then executes CopyMemory(pv, clipboard->req_fdata, clipboard->req_fsize), where req_fsize is taken verbatim from the peer's CLIPRDR FileContentsResponse by wf_cliprdr_server_file_contents_response (req_fsize = fileContentsResponse->cbRequested) and is never clamped to cb anywhere in the chain. The function's only length comparison, req_fsize < cb, handles the short-read case and is evaluated after the copy has already occurred. A malicious or compromised peer that answers a small file-contents read with an oversized response therefore writes attacker-chosen data past the end of the paste consumer's heap buffer when the local user pastes clipboard file contents offered by the remote side. The file is a fork of FreeRDP's client/Windows/wf_cliprdr.c, where the same defect is CVE-2026-68579, fixed in FreeRDP 3.30.0.

Severity

9.6 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H

8.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:L/SI:H/SA:H

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CVE-2026-76840 (GCVE-0-2026-76840)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-24 13:11 – Updated: 2026-08-24 16:27

Title

RustDesk through 1.4.9 Heap Buffer Overflow via Unvalidated CLIPRDR FileContentsResponse Length

Summary

Severity

8.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:L/SI:H/SA:H

9.6 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-24 16:26 UTC

CWE

CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write
CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

Assigner

VulnCheck mitre root

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk	product
https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/blob/1.4.9/l…	technical-description
https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/pull/15515	issue-tracking
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advis…	third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rustdesk-thr…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
rustdesk	rustdesk	Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.4.9 (semver)

Date Public

2026-08-18 00:00

Credits

Michael Holmquist

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