CVE-2025-64503

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

State
Published
Severity
4.0 Medium
Published
Nov 12, 2025
Updated
Nov 13, 2025
Reserved
Nov 5, 2025

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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

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.14.0 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LGitHub_M

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
cups-filtersOpenPrinting
  • cups-filters < 1.28.18Affected
  • libcupsfilters >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.2Affected

References

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