GHSA-49pm-cgmh-hw25 · Severity: high — A flaw was found in the X.Org X server and Xwayland when processing X11 Present extension...
A flaw was found in the X.Org X server and Xwayland when processing X11 Present extension notifications. Improper error handling during notification creation can leave dangling pointers that lead to a use-after-free condition. This can cause memory corruption or a crash, potentially allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-62229 is rated Moderate Risk (42.5/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.48%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-27 | 0.45% | 0.48% | +0.03% |
| 2 | 2026-06-21 | 0.47% | 0.45% | -0.02% |
| 3 | 2026-06-15 | — | 0.47% | — |
Full EPSS history (4 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.3 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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1.8 | 5.5 | [email protected] |
GHSA-49pm-cgmh-hw25 · Severity: high — A flaw was found in the X.Org X server and Xwayland when processing X11 Present extension...
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
alpine
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— | CVE-2025-62229: 2 source package rows (xorg-server, xwayland); 5 state rows across 3 repos (3.22-community, 3.23-community, edge-community); fixed 5, open 0. | https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-62229 |
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2025-62229 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (xorg-server, xwayland), 9 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 7, open 2. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-62229 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-62229 |
suse
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high | — | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-62229/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2025-62229 medium priority: Ubuntu including 7 source packages (xorg, xorg-hwe-16.04, …), 46 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 16, not-affected 12, released 10, needs-triage 8. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-62229 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| No affected products in dataset. | |||