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Details of issue NIXPKGS-2026-0636

NIXPKGS-2026-0636
published on 15 Mar 2026
Permalink CVE-2026-31883
6.5 MEDIUM
  • CVSS version: 3.1
  • Attack vector (AV): NETWORK
  • Attack complexity (AC): LOW
  • Privileges required (PR): NONE
  • User interaction (UI): NONE
  • Scope (S): UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality impact (C): LOW
  • Integrity impact (I): LOW
  • Availability impact (A): NONE
updated 2 weeks, 2 days ago by @LeSuisse Activity log
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FreeRDP has a `size_t` underflow in ADPCM decoder leads to heap-buffer-overflow write

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.

Affected products

FreeRDP
  • ==< 3.24.0

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Upstream advisory: https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-85x9-4xxp-xhm5
Upstream patch: https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/16df2300e1e3f5a51f68fb1626429e58b531b7c8