CVE-2025-49179

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow11 documents8 sources
Severity
7.3HIGH
EPSS
0.2%
top 63.92%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
X.org Xwayland
Timeline
PublishedJun 17
Latest updateJul 8

Description

A flaw was found in the X Record extension. The RecordSanityCheckRegisterClients function does not check for an integer overflow when computing request length, which allows a client to bypass length checks.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.5

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5x.org/xwayland< 24.1.7
▶Debianxwayland< 2:24.1.8-1
▶Debianxorg-server< 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u16+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle vulnerabilities↗2025-07-08
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OSV
linux-fips, linux-aws-fips, linux-azure-fips, linux-gcp-fips vulnerabilities↗2025-07-08
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OSV
CVE-2025-49179: A flaw was found in the X Record extension↗2025-06-17
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GHSA
GHSA-q547-25x8-mx66: A flaw was found in the X Record extension↗2025-06-17
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CVEList
Xorg-x11-server-xwayland: xorg-x11-server: tigervnc: integer overflow in x record extension↗2025-06-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
X.Org X Server vulnerabilities↗2025-06-18
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Ubuntu
X.Org X Server vulnerabilities↗2025-06-17
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Red Hat
xorg-x11-server-Xwayland: xorg-x11-server: tigervnc: Integer overflow in X Record extension↗2025-06-17
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Microsoft
Xorg-x11-server-xwayland: xorg-x11-server: tigervnc: integer overflow in x record extension↗2025-06-10
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Debian
CVE-2025-49179: xorg-server - A flaw was found in the X Record extension. The RecordSanityCheckRegisterClients...↗2025
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