CVE-2025-49176
What it is
A flaw was found in the Big Requests extension. The request length is multiplied by 4 before checking against the maximum allowed size, potentially causing an integer overflow and bypassing the size check.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.4% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.3 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.4% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-190 · Integer overflow
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.3
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2025-49176.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2025-49176. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/03731b326a80b582e48d939fe62cb1e2b10400d9
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/commit/4fc4d76b2c7aaed61ed2653f997783a3714c4fe1
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