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Advisory severityHigh7.3Red Hat Linux

High [CVE-2025-49179] Xorg-x11-server-xwayland: xorg-x11-server: tigervnc: integer overflow in x record extension

This high-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2025-49179 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support - EXTENSION, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Advanced Update Support.

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CVE-2025-49179 Source published Source updated

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CVE-2025-49179
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat LinuxRed Hat Enterprise Linux
Open source advisory

Summary

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.

As a result, the server may read or write beyond intended memory bounds, leading primarily to denial of service by crashing the process, possibility of leaking memory contents or corrupting data. Red Hat severity: Important — CVSS 7.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-190.

Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support - EXTENSION; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Advanced Update Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support; and 15 more.

Is CVE-2025-49179 exploited?

No exploitation is reported in the sources VulniPulse tracks: CVE-2025-49179 is not in the CISA KEV catalog (checked ) and this advisory does not report exploitation. That is not proof the vulnerability cannot be exploited.

How do I fix CVE-2025-49179?

Upgrade to a fixed release named by Red Hat:

  • xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:24.1.5-4.el10_0
  • tigervnc-0:1.1.0-25.el6_10.1
  • tigervnc-0:1.8.0-17.el7_7.1
  • xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.4-32.el7_9
  • tigervnc-0:1.8.0-36.el7_9.2
  • xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.11-26.el8_10
  • xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:21.1.3-18.el8_10
  • tigervnc-0:1.15.0-7.el8_10
  • tigervnc-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.14
  • xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.6-4.el8_2
  • xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.10-2.el8_4
  • tigervnc-0:1.11.0-8.el8_4.13

38 more fixed releases are listed below.

Confirm against the vendor advisory before you patch.

Affected versions

No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative. Check it before change work.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 6 days ago·verify at source

Fixed versions
  • xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:24.1.5-4.el10_0
  • tigervnc-0:1.1.0-25.el6_10.1
  • tigervnc-0:1.8.0-17.el7_7.1
  • xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.4-32.el7_9
  • tigervnc-0:1.8.0-36.el7_9.2
  • xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.11-26.el8_10
  • xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:21.1.3-18.el8_10
  • tigervnc-0:1.15.0-7.el8_10
  • tigervnc-0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.14
  • xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.6-4.el8_2
  • xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.10-2.el8_4
  • tigervnc-0:1.11.0-8.el8_4.13
  • tigervnc-0:1.12.0-6.el8_6.14
  • xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:21.1.3-2.el8_6.4
  • xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.11-5.el8_6.3
  • xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.11-16.el8_8
  • xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:21.1.3-11.el8_8
  • tigervnc-0:1.12.0-15.el8_8.14
  • xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.11-31.el9_6
  • xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:23.2.7-4.el9_6
  • tigervnc-0:1.14.1-8.el9_6
  • xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:21.1.3-3.el9_0
  • xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.11-11.el9_0
  • tigervnc-0:1.11.0-22.el9_0.15
  • xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:21.1.3-8.el9_2
  • xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.11-18.el9_2
  • tigervnc-0:1.12.0-14.el9_2.12
  • xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-0:22.1.9-6.el9_4
  • xorg-x11-server-0:1.20.11-26.el9_4
  • tigervnc-0:1.13.1-8.el9_4.7
  • RHSA-2025:9304
  • RHSA-2025:10377
  • RHSA-2025:10376
  • RHSA-2025:10360
  • RHSA-2025:10375
  • RHSA-2025:9305
  • RHSA-2025:9392
  • RHSA-2025:10378
  • RHSA-2025:9964
  • RHSA-2025:10342
  • RHSA-2025:10349
  • RHSA-2025:10344
  • RHSA-2025:10346
  • RHSA-2025:10356
  • RHSA-2025:10343
  • RHSA-2025:10370
  • RHSA-2025:10355
  • RHSA-2025:9303
  • RHSA-2025:9306
  • RHSA-2025:10348

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 6 days ago·verify at source

Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation
  • Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 6 days ago·verify at source

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