Description
CUPS is a standards-based, open-source printing system, and `libcupsfilters` contains the code of the filters of the former `cups-filters` package as library functions to be used for the data format conversion tasks needed in Printer Applications. In CUPS-Filters versions up to and including 1.28.17 and libscupsfilters versions 2.0.0 through 2.1.1, CUPS-Filters's `imagetoraster` filter has an out of bounds read/write vulnerability in the processing of TIFF image files. While the pixel buffer is allocated with the number of pixels times a pre-calculated bytes-per-pixel value, the function which processes these pixels is called with a size of the number of pixels times 3. When suitable inputs are passed, the bytes-per-pixel value can be set to 1 and bytes outside of the buffer bounds get processed. In order to trigger the bug, an attacker must issue a print job with a crafted TIFF file, and pass appropriate print job options to control the bytes-per-pixel value of the output format. They must choose a printer configuration under which the `imagetoraster` filter or its C-function equivalent `cfFilterImageToRaster()` gets invoked. The vulnerability exists in both CUPS-Filters 1.x and the successor library libcupsfilters (CUPS-Filters 2.x). In CUPS-Filters 2.x, the vulnerable function is `_cfImageReadTIFF() in libcupsfilters`. When this function is invoked as part of `cfFilterImageToRaster()`, the caller passes a look-up-table during whose processing the out of bounds memory access happens. In CUPS-Filters 1.x, the equivalent functions are all found in the cups-filters repository, which is not split into subprojects yet, and the vulnerable code is in `_cupsImageReadTIFF()`, which is called through `cupsImageOpen()` from the `imagetoraster` tool. A patch is available in commit b69dfacec7f176281782e2f7ac44f04bf9633cfa.
Published: 2025-11-12
Score: 3.7 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4380-1 cups-filters security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7878-1 cups-filters vulnerabilities
History

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Openprinting cups-filters
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:openprinting:cups-filters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openprinting:libcupsfilters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Openprinting cups-filters

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

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threat_severity

Low


Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Openprinting
Openprinting libcupsfilters
Vendors & Products Openprinting
Openprinting libcupsfilters

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 09:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description CUPS is a standards-based, open-source printing system, and `libcupsfilters` contains the code of the filters of the former `cups-filters` package as library functions to be used for the data format conversion tasks needed in Printer Applications. In CUPS-Filters versions up to and including 1.28.17 and libscupsfilters versions 2.0.0 through 2.1.1, CUPS-Filters's `imagetoraster` filter has an out of bounds read/write vulnerability in the processing of TIFF image files. While the pixel buffer is allocated with the number of pixels times a pre-calculated bytes-per-pixel value, the function which processes these pixels is called with a size of the number of pixels times 3. When suitable inputs are passed, the bytes-per-pixel value can be set to 1 and bytes outside of the buffer bounds get processed. In order to trigger the bug, an attacker must issue a print job with a crafted TIFF file, and pass appropriate print job options to control the bytes-per-pixel value of the output format. They must choose a printer configuration under which the `imagetoraster` filter or its C-function equivalent `cfFilterImageToRaster()` gets invoked. The vulnerability exists in both CUPS-Filters 1.x and the successor library libcupsfilters (CUPS-Filters 2.x). In CUPS-Filters 2.x, the vulnerable function is `_cfImageReadTIFF() in libcupsfilters`. When this function is invoked as part of `cfFilterImageToRaster()`, the caller passes a look-up-table during whose processing the out of bounds memory access happens. In CUPS-Filters 1.x, the equivalent functions are all found in the cups-filters repository, which is not split into subprojects yet, and the vulnerable code is in `_cupsImageReadTIFF()`, which is called through `cupsImageOpen()` from the `imagetoraster` tool. A patch is available in commit b69dfacec7f176281782e2f7ac44f04bf9633cfa.
Title [BIGSLEEP-434612419] CUPS-Filters has heap-buffer-overflow write in `cfImageLut()`
Weaknesses CWE-125
CWE-787
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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Openprinting Cups-filters Libcupsfilters
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-12T21:04:17.490Z

Reserved: 2025-08-20T14:30:35.010Z

Link: CVE-2025-57812

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-12T19:03:09.721Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-11-12T19:15:36.753

Modified: 2026-01-20T18:11:14.850

Link: CVE-2025-57812

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-11-12T18:46:52Z

Links: CVE-2025-57812 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-11-13T09:52:29Z

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