CVE-2025-49176 Xorg-x11-server-xwayland: xorg-x11-server: tigervnc: integer overflow in big requests extension

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Multiple Vulnerabilities in Xorg-x11-server-xwayland Affecting TigerVNC Three vulnerabilities have been identified in the Xorg-x11-server-xwayland related to TigerVNC. CVE-2025-49179 and CVE-2025-49176 involve integer overflow issues in the x record and big requests extensions, respectively, while CVE-2025-49177 pertains to a data leak in the xfixes extension. All vulnerabilities have been published with information available. 3 sources 35