Red Hat Security Advisory: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland security update
Xwayland is an X server for running X clients under Wayland. 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: Data Leak in XFIXES Extension's XFixesSetClientDisconnectMode (CVE-2025-49177) * 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 six security vulnerabilities in the xorg-x11-server-Xwayland package, which is an X server for running X clients under Wayland. 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), data leak in the XFIXES Extension's XFixesSetClientDisconnectMode (CVE-2025-49177), unprocessed client request 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 were discovered in the tigervnc code within the xorg-x11-server and could lead to various security impacts. Red Hat has released updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and its variants to remediate these issues.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could allow attackers to cause out-of-bounds reads, integer overflows, data leaks, and unprocessed client requests within the X server environment. This may lead to potential information disclosure or denial of service conditions. The advisory rates the security impact as Important (high). There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of this advisory.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated xorg-x11-server-Xwayland packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related products to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security updates as detailed in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:9304 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: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland security update
Description
Xwayland is an X server for running X clients under Wayland. 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: Data Leak in XFIXES Extension's XFixesSetClientDisconnectMode (CVE-2025-49177) * 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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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This advisory covers six security vulnerabilities in the xorg-x11-server-Xwayland package, which is an X server for running X clients under Wayland. 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), data leak in the XFIXES Extension's XFixesSetClientDisconnectMode (CVE-2025-49177), unprocessed client request 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 were discovered in the tigervnc code within the xorg-x11-server and could lead to various security impacts. Red Hat has released updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and its variants to remediate these issues.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could allow attackers to cause out-of-bounds reads, integer overflows, data leaks, and unprocessed client requests within the X server environment. This may lead to potential information disclosure or denial of service conditions. The advisory rates the security impact as Important (high). There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of this advisory.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated xorg-x11-server-Xwayland packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related products to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security updates as detailed in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:9304 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-2025:9304
- Cve Count
- 6
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-49176","CVE-2025-49177","CVE-2025-49178","CVE-2025-49179","CVE-2025-49180"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a3da1cd4853345fc182392f
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:46:53 UTC
Last enriched: 06/25/2026, 22:06:34 UTC
Last updated: 07/03/2026, 08:51:22 UTC
Views: 3
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