CVE-2025-49179

CVE Details

Release Date:2025-06-17
Impact:Important What is this?

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.

See more information about CVE-2025-49179 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.


CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score: 6.6
Vector String: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Version: 3.1
Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact: Low
Integrity Impact: Low
Availability Impact: High

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 8 (tigervnc) ELSA-2025-93922025-06-23
Oracle Linux version 8 (xorg-x11-server) ELSA-2025-93052025-06-23
Oracle Linux version 8 (xorg-x11-server-Xwayland) ELSA-2025-93052025-06-23
Oracle Linux version 9 (tigervnc) ELSA-2025-93062025-06-23
Oracle Linux version 9 (xorg-x11-server) ELSA-2025-93032025-06-23
Oracle Linux version 9 (xorg-x11-server-Xwayland) ELSA-2025-93032025-06-23


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