Red Hat Security Advisory: tigervnc security update
Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a remote display system which allows users to view a computing desktop environment not only on the machine where it is running, but from anywhere on the Internet and from a wide variety of machine architectures. TigerVNC is a suite of VNC servers and clients. Security Fix(es): * xorg-x11-server-Xwayland: xorg-x11-server: tigervnc: Out-of-Bounds Read in X Rendering Extension Animated Cursors (CVE-2025-49175) * xorg-x11-server-Xwayland: xorg-x11-server: tigervnc: Integer Overflow in Big Requests Extension (CVE-2025-49176) * xorg-x11-server-Xwayland: xorg-x11-server: tigervnc: Unprocessed Client Request Due to Bytes to Ignore (CVE-2025-49178) * xorg-x11-server-Xwayland: xorg-x11-server: tigervnc: Integer overflow in X Record extension (CVE-2025-49179) * xorg-x11-server-Xwayland: xorg-x11-server: tigervnc: Integer Overflow in X Resize, Rotate and Reflect (RandR) Extension (CVE-2025-49180) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This advisory covers five security vulnerabilities in the TigerVNC implementation within the xorg-x11-server-Xwayland package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7. The issues include an out-of-bounds read in the X Rendering Extension Animated Cursors (CVE-2025-49175), integer overflows in the Big Requests Extension (CVE-2025-49176), unprocessed client requests due to bytes to ignore (CVE-2025-49178), integer overflow in the X Record extension (CVE-2025-49179), and integer overflow in the X Resize, Rotate and Reflect (RandR) Extension (CVE-2025-49180). These vulnerabilities could lead to memory corruption or other unintended behavior in the X server. Red Hat has issued an important security update to fix these vulnerabilities in the tigervnc package for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could result in memory corruption or crashes in the X server components related to TigerVNC, potentially leading to denial of service or other impacts depending on the context of use. The advisory rates the security impact as Important (high severity). No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released security updates for the tigervnc package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the provided updates as detailed in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:10376 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patches.
Red Hat Security Advisory: tigervnc security update
Description
Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a remote display system which allows users to view a computing desktop environment not only on the machine where it is running, but from anywhere on the Internet and from a wide variety of machine architectures. TigerVNC is a suite of VNC servers and clients. Security Fix(es): * xorg-x11-server-Xwayland: xorg-x11-server: tigervnc: Out-of-Bounds Read in X Rendering Extension Animated Cursors (CVE-2025-49175) * xorg-x11-server-Xwayland: xorg-x11-server: tigervnc: Integer Overflow in Big Requests Extension (CVE-2025-49176) * xorg-x11-server-Xwayland: xorg-x11-server: tigervnc: Unprocessed Client Request Due to Bytes to Ignore (CVE-2025-49178) * xorg-x11-server-Xwayland: xorg-x11-server: tigervnc: Integer overflow in X Record extension (CVE-2025-49179) * xorg-x11-server-Xwayland: xorg-x11-server: tigervnc: Integer Overflow in X Resize, Rotate and Reflect (RandR) Extension (CVE-2025-49180) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Affected software
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Technical Analysis
This advisory covers five security vulnerabilities in the TigerVNC implementation within the xorg-x11-server-Xwayland package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7. The issues include an out-of-bounds read in the X Rendering Extension Animated Cursors (CVE-2025-49175), integer overflows in the Big Requests Extension (CVE-2025-49176), unprocessed client requests due to bytes to ignore (CVE-2025-49178), integer overflow in the X Record extension (CVE-2025-49179), and integer overflow in the X Resize, Rotate and Reflect (RandR) Extension (CVE-2025-49180). These vulnerabilities could lead to memory corruption or other unintended behavior in the X server. Red Hat has issued an important security update to fix these vulnerabilities in the tigervnc package for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could result in memory corruption or crashes in the X server components related to TigerVNC, potentially leading to denial of service or other impacts depending on the context of use. The advisory rates the security impact as Important (high severity). No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released security updates for the tigervnc package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the provided updates as detailed in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:10376 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patches.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:10376
- Cve Count
- 5
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-49176","CVE-2025-49178","CVE-2025-49179","CVE-2025-49180"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a3da1e84853345fc182eed1
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:47:20 UTC
Last enriched: 06/25/2026, 22:36:35 UTC
Last updated: 06/29/2026, 03:51:09 UTC
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