CVE-2025-49175
June 17, 2025
A flaw was found in the X Rendering extension's handling of animated cursors. If a client provides no cursors, the server assumes at least one is present, leading to an out-of-bounds read and potential crash.
Affected Packages
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver.git (SCM_GIT):
Affected version(s) >=xorg-server-0_99_1 <xorg-server-21.1.17Fix Suggestion:
Update to version xorg-server-21.1.17https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver.git (SCM_GIT):
Affected version(s) >=xwayland-21.0.99.901 <xwayland-24.1.7Fix Suggestion:
Update to version xwayland-24.1.7Related Resources (34)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
6.9
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
LOW
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
6.1
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Out-of-bounds Read
EPSS
Base Score:
0.05
