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CVE-2025-64503
November 12, 2025
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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CVSS v4
Base Score:
5.1
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
4
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Weakness Type (CWE)
Out-of-bounds Write
EPSS
Base Score:
0.05