CVE-2026-31883

FreeRDP has a `size_t` underflow in ADPCM decoder leads to heap-buffer-overflow write

State
Published
Severity
6.5 Medium
Published
Mar 13, 2026
Updated
Mar 16, 2026
Reserved
Mar 9, 2026

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Description

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.24.0, a size_t underflow in the IMA-ADPCM and MS-ADPCM audio decoders leads to heap-buffer-overflow write via the RDPSND audio channel. In libfreerdp/codec/dsp.c, the IMA-ADPCM and MS-ADPCM decoders subtract block header sizes from a size_t variable without checking for underflow. When nBlockAlign (received from the server) is set such that size % block_size == 0 triggers the header parsing at a point where size is smaller than the header (4 or 8 bytes), the subtraction wraps size to ~SIZE_MAX. The while (size > 0) loop then continues for an astronomical number of iterations. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.24.0.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.16.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-191 Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)
  • CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Affected Products

ProductVersions
FreeRDPFreeRDP
  • < 3.24.0Affected

References

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