Low severity · published Nov 12, 2025
CVE-2025-64503
[BIGSLEEP-434615384] cups-filters 1.x: out of bounds write in pdftoraster
3.3
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 14% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CU
cups-filters · OpenPrinting
cups-filters < 1.28.18; libcupsfilters >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.2 · source: vendor, NVD
LI
Libcupsfilters · Openprinting
2.0.0 before 2.1.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64503
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-64503
Product
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/blob/aea8d0db017e495b0204433ebdb0e86b4871094c/filter/pdftoraster.cxx#L1620
Product
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/blob/aea8d0db017e495b0204433ebdb0e86b4871094c/filter/pdftoraster.cxx#L1880
Patch
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/commit/50d94ca0f2fa6177613c97c59791bde568631865
Exploit
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/security/advisories/GHSA-893j-2wr2-wrh9
Product
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/libcupsfilters/blob/1dd86d835b27ed149b66aee1a4853d1db8a1f44c/cupsfilters/pdftoraster.cxx#L1790
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/12/2
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