TI-2026-45059 Aliases CVE-2026-63117

FreeRDP: Denial of service through ADPCM frame size calculation

LOW 30CWE-369Published 2026-08-19 · Updated 2026-08-19

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-369.

Summary

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.28.0, an authenticated RDP client can advertise DVI ADPCM with nBlockAlign equal to 8 and nChannels equal to 2 to make the `bs` calculation in rdpsnd_server_select_format in channels/rdpsnd/server/rdpsnd_main.c equal zero. The subsequent out_frames modulo `bs` operation raises SIGFPE and terminates the server-side rdpsnd channel process. This vulnerability fixed in 3.28.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00552 46th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial FreeRDP (FreeRDP): 3.28.0Red Hat: 4 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
FreeRDP	FreeRDP	before 3.28.0	3.28.0	Patch available	CNA

FreeRDP VendorFreeRDP Affected before 3.28.0 Fixed in 3.28.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp::::::::	before 3.28.0	Vulnerable	FreeRDP

cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.28.0 Vulnerable ·FreeRDP

Remediation

Fix · CNA FreeRDP (FreeRDP) Fixed in 3.28.0

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred

Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-63117

References

Patch 2

Advisory 1

https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-v64m-xxfw-hrv6

Other 1

https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/releases/tag/3.28.0

TI-2026-85092 Use-after-free in FreeRDP rdpgfx channel close handling CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
TI-2026-85091 Out-of-bounds write in FreeRDP proxy via bitmap cache v2 capability CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
TI-2026-24435 FreeRDP has a `size_t` underflow in ADPCM decoder leads to heap-buffer-overflow write CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-21373 Out-Of-Bounds Write in FreeRDP CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-08692 Server side NTLM does not properly check parameters in FreeRDP CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2023-21374 Out-Of-Bounds Read in FreeRDP CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1

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Sources

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