FreeRDP 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 Infinite Loop DoS via Gateway Content-Type

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-110836",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "FreeRDP 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 Infinite Loop DoS via Gateway Content-Type",
    "summary": "FreeRDP from 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 contains an infinite loop vulnerability in http_response_recv() that allows malicious gateways to exhaust client CPU via crafted Content-Type headers. Attackers controlling a gateway can return a nonzero Content-Length with a semicolon-containing unrecognized Content-Type, pinning a client thread at full CPU indefinitely.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-110836",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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          "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"
        }
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      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/freerdp/freerdp",
              "type": "GIT",
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                        "introduced": "3.0.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "3.32.0"
                      }
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                    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                    "strategy": "StandardRange"
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      },
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                        "fixed": "3.32.0"
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "3.5.1",
            "3.5.0",
            "3.4.0",
            "3.3.0",
            "3.2.0",
            "3.1.0",
            "3.0.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-110836.json"
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:51.943386529Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/110xxx/CVE-2026-110836.json",
        "https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-h7fx-22wv-4cg8",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110836",
        "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freerdp-3.0.0-before-3.32.0-infinite-loop-dos-via-gateway-content-type"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
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      }
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 520903,
  "published_at": "2026-10-14T22:52:11.374+00:00"
}