CVE-2025-64503

[BIGSLEEP-434615384] cups-filters 1.x: out of bounds write in pdftoraster

Published Nov 12, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4380-1 cups-filters security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7878-1 cups-filters vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Openprinting cups-filters
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:openprinting:cups-filters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openprinting:libcupsfilters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Openprinting cups-filters
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Openprinting
Openprinting libcupsfilters
Vendors & Products Openprinting
Openprinting libcupsfilters
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title [BIGSLEEP-434615384] cups-filters 1.x: out of bounds write in pdftoraster
Weaknesses CWE-787
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Nov 13, 2025, 4:56 PM
Reserved
Nov 5, 2025, 7:12 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Nov 12, 2025, 10:15 PM
Modified
Oct 18, 2026, 8:10 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Nov 12, 2025, 10:04 PM