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Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Jun 17, 2025 14:54:49 UTC

CVE-2025-49179

A flaw was found in the X Record extension. The RecordSanityCheckRegisterClients function does not check for an integer overflow when computing request length, which allows a client to bypass length checks.

Base score7.3/ 10
SeverityHighCVSS 3.1

Exploitability / impact

CVSS metric breakdown

Vector-derived attributes
Base severityHigh
Attack vectorLocalAV
Attack complexityLowAC
Privileges requiredLowPR
User interactionNoneUI
ScopeUnchangedS
Confidentiality impactHighC
Integrity impactLowI
Availability impactHighA
CVSS vector stringCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H

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Record context

CVE Numbering Authorityredhat
Last updatedNov 4, 2026 21:35:50 UTC
PublishedJun 17, 2025 14:54:49 UTC
ReservedJun 3, 2025 05:38:02 UTC