Division by zero in FreeRDP - CVE-2026-31884

 

Division by zero in FreeRDP - CVE-2026-31884

Published: April 8, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU125359
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-31884
CWE-ID: CWE-369
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: FreeRDP
Affected software:
FreeRDP

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to division by zero in the MS-ADPCM and IMA-ADPCM decoders in libfreerdp/codec/dsp.c when processing RDPSND audio format negotiation with nBlockAlign set to 0. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted Server Audio Formats PDU followed by a Wave2 PDU to cause a denial of service.

User interaction is required.


How to mitigate CVE-2026-31884

Install security update from vendor's website.

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