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Status published
Medium
CVE-2025-49178
Xorg-x11-server-xwayland: xorg-x11-server: tigervnc: unprocessed client request due to bytes to ignore
Vulnerability Description
A flaw was found in the X server's request handling. Non-zero 'bytes to ignore' in a client's request can cause the server to skip processing another client's request, potentially leading to a denial of service.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10258
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10342
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10343
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10344
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10346
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10347
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10348
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10349
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10350
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10351
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10352
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10355
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10356
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10360
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10370
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10374
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10375
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10376
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10377
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10378
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10381
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10410
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9303
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9304
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9305
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9306
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9392
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9964
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-49178
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2369977
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/d55c54cecb5e83eaa2d56bed5cc4461f9ba318c2
- https://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0:24.1.5-4.el10_0, 0:1.1.0-25.el6_10.1, 0:1.8.0-17.el7_7.1, 0:1.20.4-32.el7_9, 0:1.8.0-36.el7_9.2, 0:1.20.11-26.el8_10, 0:21.1.3-18.el8_10, 0:1.15.0-7.el8_10, 0:1.9.0-15.el8_2.14, 0:1.20.6-4.el8_2, 0:1.20.10-2.el8_4, 0:1.11.0-8.el8_4.13, 0:1.12.0-6.el8_6.14, 0:21.1.3-2.el8_6.4, 0:1.20.11-5.el8_6.3, 0:1.20.11-16.el8_8, 0:21.1.3-11.el8_8, 0:1.12.0-15.el8_8.14, 0:1.20.11-31.el9_6, 0:23.2.7-4.el9_6, 0:1.14.1-8.el9_6, 0:21.1.3-3.el9_0, 0:1.20.11-11.el9_0, 0:1.11.0-22.el9_0.15, 0:21.1.3-8.el9_2, 0:1.20.11-18.el9_2, 0:1.12.0-14.el9_2.12, 0:22.1.9-6.el9_4, 0:1.20.11-26.el9_4, 0:1.13.1-8.el9_4.7
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 17th, 2025
Last Modified:
June 30th, 2026
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.