Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-49180

high Nessus Plugin ID 258711

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- A flaw was found in the RandR extension, where the RRChangeProviderProperty function does not properly validate input. This issue leads to an integer overflow when computing the total size to allocate.
(CVE-2025-49180)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 258711

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_49180.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/30/2025

Updated: 9/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-49180

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-server-xorg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xwayland, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-server-xvfb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-server-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-server-xephyr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-server-source, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xorg-server, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-server-xnest, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xorg-x11-server-xdmx, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/17/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-49180

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