CVE-2025-64503

Name
CVE-2025-64503
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.
NVD Severity
low
Other trackers
Mailing lists
Exploits
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
MISC https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/blob/aea8d0db017e495b0204433ebdb0e86b4871094c/filter/pdftoraster.cxx#L1620
MISC https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/blob/aea8d0db017e495b0204433ebdb0e86b4871094c/filter/pdftoraster.cxx#L1880
MISC https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/commit/50d94ca0f2fa6177613c97c59791bde568631865
CONFIRM https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/security/advisories/GHSA-893j-2wr2-wrh9
MISC https://github.com/OpenPrinting/libcupsfilters/blob/1dd86d835b27ed149b66aee1a4853d1db8a1f44c/cupsfilters/pdftoraster.cxx#L1790
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/12/2

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cups-filters >= 0 cups-filters < 1.28.18
cups-filters libcupsfilters >= 2.0.0 < 2.1.2

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
cups-filters edge-community 1.28.17-r8 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
cups-filters edge-community 1.28.17-r7 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
cups-filters edge-community 1.28.17-r6 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
cups-filters edge-community 1.28.17-r3 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
cups-filters 3.22-community 1.28.17-r8 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
cups-filters 3.22-community 1.28.17-r6 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
cups-filters 3.22-community 1.28.17-r3 None possibly vulnerable