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TI-2025-35695 Aliases CVE-2025-57812

[BIGSLEEP-434612419] CUPS-Filters has heap-buffer-overflow write in `cfImageLut()`

Priority LOW 18CWE-125Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 4 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00478 41st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 4 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
OpenPrintinglibcupsfilterscups-filters <= 1.28.17; libcupsfilters >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.1—No fix listedCNA
  • libcupsfilters VendorOpenPrinting Affected cups-filters <= 1.28.17; libcupsfilters >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openprinting:cups-filters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.28.17VulnerableOpenPrinting
cpe:2.3:a:openprinting:libcupsfilters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.0 to before 2.1.1VulnerableOpenPrinting
  • cpe:2.3:a:openprinting:cups-filters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.28.17 Vulnerable ·OpenPrinting
  • cpe:2.3:a:openprinting:libcupsfilters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.0 to before 2.1.1 Vulnerable ·OpenPrinting

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2026:8814 Released 2026-04-17 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Hardened Images cups-2.4.17-1.hum1@aarch64, cups-2.4.17-1.hum1@src, cups-2.4.17-1.hum1@x86_64 +14

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Hardened ImagesFixed RHSA-2026:8814

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-57812

References

  • TI-2025-39914 CUPS rastertopclx Filter Vulnerable to Heap Buffer Overflow Leading to Potential Arbitrary Code Execution CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2025-39895 [BIGSLEEP-434615384] cups-filters 1.x: out of bounds write in pdftoraster CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.0

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