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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2025-49178"
idYear: 2025
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2025-06-17T14:54:42.646Z"
updatedAt: "2026-06-30T10:40:11.163Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:34.152Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-49178"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-49178.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-49178"
title: "Xorg-x11-server-xwayland: xorg-x11-server: tigervnc: unprocessed client request due to bytes to ignore"
summary: "A flaw was found in the X server's request handling. Non-zero 'bytes to ignore' in a client's request can cause the server to skip processing another client's request, potentially leading to a denial of service."
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