cups-filters contains backends, filters, and other software required to get the cups printing service working on operating systems other than macos. In cups-filters prior to 1.28.18, by crafting a PDF file with a large `MediaBox` value, an attacker can cause CUPS-Filter 1.x’s `pdftoraster` tool to write beyond the bounds of an array. First, a PDF with a large `MediaBox` width value causes `header.cupsWidth` to become large. Next, the calculation of `bytesPerLine = (header.cupsBitsPerPixel * header.cupsWidth + 7) / 8` overflows, resulting in a small value. Then, `lineBuf` is allocated with the small `bytesPerLine` size. Finally, `convertLineChunked` calls `writePixel8`, which attempts to write to `lineBuf` outside of its buffer size (out of bounds write). In libcupsfilters, the maintainers found the same `bytesPerLine` multiplication without overflow check, but the provided test case does not cause an overflow there, because the values are different. Commit 50d94ca0f2fa6177613c97c59791bde568631865 contains a patch, which is incorporated into cups-filters version 1.28.18.
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Configurations
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History
20 Jan 2026, 18:12
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| References | () https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/blob/aea8d0db017e495b0204433ebdb0e86b4871094c/filter/pdftoraster.cxx#L1620 - Product | |
| References | () https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/blob/aea8d0db017e495b0204433ebdb0e86b4871094c/filter/pdftoraster.cxx#L1880 - Product | |
| References | () https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/commit/50d94ca0f2fa6177613c97c59791bde568631865 - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/security/advisories/GHSA-893j-2wr2-wrh9 - Exploit, Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () https://github.com/OpenPrinting/libcupsfilters/blob/1dd86d835b27ed149b66aee1a4853d1db8a1f44c/cupsfilters/pdftoraster.cxx#L1790 - Product | |
| References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/12/2 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
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Openprinting
Openprinting cups-filters Openprinting libcupsfilters |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:openprinting:libcupsfilters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openprinting:cups-filters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
12 Nov 2025, 22:15
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Information
Published : 2025-11-12 22:15
Updated : 2026-01-20 18:12
NVD link : CVE-2025-64503
Mitre link : CVE-2025-64503
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-64503
JSON object : View
Products Affected
openprinting
- cups-filters
- libcupsfilters
CWE
CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write
