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CVE-2026-31883

MEDIUM 6.5

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

CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

CWE CWE-191 CWE-122
Vendor freerdp
Product freerdp
Published Mar 13, 2026
Last Updated Mar 16, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Affected Versions

FreeRDP / FreeRDP
< 3.24.0

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-85x9-4xxp-xhm5 github.com: https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/16df2300e1e3f5a51f68fb1626429e58b531b7c8