CVE-2025-64503
[BIGSLEEP-434615384] cups-filters 1.x: out of bounds write in pdftoraster
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Low3.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.23% · top 86% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected cups-filters < 1.28.18
- affected libcupsfilters >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.2
References (6)
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/security/advisories/GHSA-893j-2wr2-wrh9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/commit/50d94ca0f2fa6177613c97c59791bde568631865 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/blob/aea8d0db017e495b0204433ebdb0e86b4871094c/filter/pdftoraster.cxx#L1620 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/blob/aea8d0db017e495b0204433ebdb0e86b4871094c/filter/pdftoraster.cxx#L1880 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/libcupsfilters/blob/1dd86d835b27ed149b66aee1a4853d1db8a1f44c/cupsfilters/pdftoraster.cxx#L1790 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/12/2 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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