CVE-2025-26599

Xorg: xwayland: use of uninitialized pointer in compredirectwindow()

Published Feb 25, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An access to an uninitialized pointer flaw was found in X.Org and Xwayland. The function compCheckRedirect() may fail if it cannot allocate the backing pixmap. In that case, compRedirectWindow() will return a BadAlloc error without validating the window tree marked just before, which leaves the validated data partly initialized and the use of an uninitialized pointer later.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4072-1 xorg-server security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5872-1 xorg-server security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-5424 An access to an uninitialized pointer flaw was found in X.Org and Xwayland. The function compCheckRedirect() may fail if it cannot allocate the backing pixmap. In that case, compRedirectWindow() will return a BadAlloc error without validating the window tree marked just before, which leaves the validated data partly initialized and the use of an uninitialized pointer later.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7299-1 X.Org X Server vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7299-2 X.Org X Server vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7299-4 X.Org X Server regression
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:rhivos:1
Vendors & Products Redhat rhivos
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhivos
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:rhivos:1
Vendors & Products Redhat rhivos
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xwayland:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xwayland:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Els
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6::appstream
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Els
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Aus
Redhat rhel E4s
Redhat rhel Tus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4::appstream
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Aus
Redhat rhel E4s
Redhat rhel Tus
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Eus
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Tigervnc
Tigervnc tigervnc
X.org
X.org x Server
X.org xwayland
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:tigervnc:tigervnc:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xwayland:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Tigervnc
Tigervnc tigervnc
X.org
X.org x Server
X.org xwayland
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description An access to an uninitialized pointer flaw was found in X.Org and Xwayland. The function compCheckRedirect() may fail if it cannot allocate the backing pixmap. In that case, compRedirectWindow() will return a BadAlloc error without validating the window tree marked just before, which leaves the validated data partly initialized and the use of an uninitialized pointer later.
Title Xorg: xwayland: use of uninitialized pointer in compredirectwindow()
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-824
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Nov 4, 2026, 9:33 PM
Reserved
Feb 12, 2025, 2:12 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 25, 2025, 4:15 PM
Modified
Nov 4, 2026, 10:17 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Feb 25, 2025, 12:00 AM