Heap overwrite or client crash via packet sizing
Published Aug 2, 2026 · Updated Aug 2, 2026
Integer overflow in FreeRDP before 3.29.0 allows remote attackers to corrupt client memory or interrupt audio via crafted audin packets. The ALSA, sndio, WinMM, and OpenSL ES SetFormat backends accept server-controlled FramesPerPacket values and calculate allocation sizes with narrow arithmetic that wraps. A user must connect with microphone redirection to a malicious or compromised RDP server; ALSA permits heap overwrite, while the other affected backends disrupt audio or crash.
Summary
What happened
Integer overflow in FreeRDP before 3.29.0 allows remote attackers to corrupt client memory or interrupt audio via crafted audin packets. The ALSA, sndio, WinMM, and OpenSL ES SetFormat backends accept server-controlled FramesPerPacket values and calculate allocation sizes with narrow arithmetic that wraps. A user must connect with microphone redirection to a malicious or compromised RDP server; ALSA permits heap overwrite, while the other affected backends disrupt audio or crash.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-68580
- Published
- Aug 2, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 2, 2026
- Vendor
- FreeRDP
- Product
- FreeRDP
- Classifications
- CWE-131, CWE-20, CWE-190, CWE-195, CWE-122, CAPEC-123, CAPEC-92, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 2, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 2, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <3.29.0
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Public exploit references
- Standalone ALSA FramesPerPacket proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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