CVE-2025-49179
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.0
Description
Important: xorg-x11-server and xorg-x11-server-Xwayland security update
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhel | 9 | fixed | |
| rocky | 8 | fixed | |
| sles | affected | | |
| rocky | 9 | fixed | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2:21.1.7-3+deb12u10 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u16 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2:21.1.16-1.2 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2:21.1.16-1.2 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2:21.1.16-1.2 |
| almalinux | 9 | fixed | xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.20.11-31.el9_6.aarch64.rpm |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9303
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9306
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:9392
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-49179.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:9303
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-49179
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9305
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2369947
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2369954
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2369977
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2369978
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2369981
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-9305.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9392
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-9392.html
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2025-9303.html
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2025-9306.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:9306
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:9305
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.