Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting xorg-server package, versions [,21.1.17)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XORGSERVER-10664942
  • published9 Jul 2025
  • disclosed17 Jun 2025
  • creditNils Emmerich

Introduced: 17 Jun 2025

CVE-2025-49179  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade xorg-server to version 21.1.17 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound in the RecordSanityCheckRegisterClients function due to improper validation of request length calculations. An attacker can cause memory corruption or potentially execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted requests that trigger an integer overflow.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1