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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-49178

A flaw was found in the X server's request handling.

Published Jun 17, 2025 · catalog updated Jun 30, 2026 · Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support

Check this week

CVE-2025-49178 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 24.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium5.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
24.00%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support patch: 0:1.20.6-4.el8_2

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.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support patch: 0:1.20.6-4.el8_2patch: 0:1.20.6-4.el8_2

How to fix CVE-2025-49178

  • Recommended remediation

    A vendor or distribution source is linked. Check that advisory for patch availability; this catalog does not invent fix status.

  • Official advisories

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-49178 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 24.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support patch: 0:1.20.6-4.el8_2 patch: 0:1.20.6-4.el8_2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 24.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 17, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. Jun 30, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-18501

    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.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Jun 30, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.