CVE-2026-31883

MEDIUM

FreeRDP <3.24.0 - Heap Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 20.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-191 CWE-122
Status published
Products (2)
freerdp/freerdp < 3.24.0
FreeRDP/FreeRDP < 3.24.0
Published Mar 13, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 14, 2026