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Red Hat Security Advisory: xorg-x11-server-Xwayland security update

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Published: 05/13/2025 (05/13/2025, 16:03:28 UTC)
Source: GCVE Database
Vendor/Project: Red Hat Product Security
Product: Red Hat

Description

Xwayland is an X server for running X clients under Wayland. Security Fix(es): * xorg-x11-server: tigervnc: heap-based buffer overflow privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2024-9632) * X.Org: Xwayland: Use-after-free of the root cursor (CVE-2025-26594) * xorg: xwayland: Use-after-free in SyncInitTrigger() (CVE-2025-26601) * xorg: xwayland: Use-after-free in PlayReleasedEvents() (CVE-2025-26600) * xorg: xwayland: Use of uninitialized pointer in compRedirectWindow() (CVE-2025-26599) * xorg: xwayland: Out-of-bounds write in CreatePointerBarrierClient() (CVE-2025-26598) * xorg: xwayland: Buffer overflow in XkbChangeTypesOfKey() (CVE-2025-26597) * xorg: xwayland: Heap overflow in XkbWriteKeySyms() (CVE-2025-26596) * Xorg: xwayland: Buffer overflow in XkbVModMaskText() (CVE-2025-26595) 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

redhat/xorg-x11-server-Xwayland
pkg:rpm/redhat/xorg-x11-server-Xwayland
Affected versions
<10.2

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AILast updated: 06/25/2026, 22:12:10 UTC

Technical Analysis

This advisory covers multiple security fixes in the xorg-x11-server-Xwayland package for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. The vulnerabilities include a heap-based buffer overflow in tigervnc (CVE-2024-9632), several use-after-free vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-26594, CVE-2025-26600, CVE-2025-26601), buffer overflows (CVE-2025-26595, CVE-2025-26597), heap overflow (CVE-2025-26596), out-of-bounds write (CVE-2025-26598), and use of uninitialized pointer (CVE-2025-26599). These issues affect the Xwayland server component that allows X clients to run under Wayland, potentially enabling privilege escalation or other security impacts. The Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:7458 provides details and patches for these vulnerabilities.

Potential Impact

The vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to escalate privileges or cause denial of service by exploiting memory corruption issues such as buffer overflows, heap overflows, use-after-free, and out-of-bounds writes in the Xwayland server. This could compromise the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of affected systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.

Mitigation Recommendations

Red Hat has released an important security update for xorg-x11-server-Xwayland in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. Users should apply the update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:7458 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate these vulnerabilities. No additional mitigations are indicated by the vendor advisory.

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Technical Details

Gcve Source
db.gcve.eu
Csaf Category
csaf_security_advisory
Csaf Version
2.0
Publisher
Red Hat Product Security
Advisory Id
RHSA-2025:7458
Cve Count
9
Additional Cves
["CVE-2025-26594","CVE-2025-26595","CVE-2025-26596","CVE-2025-26597","CVE-2025-26598","CVE-2025-26599","CVE-2025-26600","CVE-2025-26601"]
Cvss Version
null

Threat ID: 6a3da1d24853345fc1825c74

Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:46:58 UTC

Last enriched: 06/25/2026, 22:12:10 UTC

Last updated: 06/30/2026, 16:51:10 UTC

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