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.
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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. | |
| Title | FreeRDP has a `size_t` underflow in ADPCM decoder leads to heap-buffer-overflow write | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-122 CWE-191 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2026-03-13T17:35:17.411Z
Updated: 2026-03-13T17:35:17.411Z
Reserved: 2026-03-09T21:59:02.686Z
Link: CVE-2026-31883
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-03-13T19:54:37.190
Modified: 2026-03-13T19:54:37.190
Link: CVE-2026-31883
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