[BIGSLEEP-434612419] CUPS-Filters has heap-buffer-overflow write in `cfImageLut()`
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
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
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Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenPrinting | libcupsfilters | cups-filters <= 1.28.17; libcupsfilters >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- 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
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:openprinting:cups-filters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 1.28.17 | Vulnerable | OpenPrinting |
| cpe:2.3:a:openprinting:libcupsfilters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.0.0 to before 2.1.1 | Vulnerable | OpenPrinting |
- 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 ImportantRed 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 →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Hardened Images | Fixed | RHSA-2026:8814 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-57812
References
Patch 1
Other 3
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/blob/3c58463e341b12c9d30d7d3807d2bac1bc595a78/cupsfilters/image-tiff.c#L34
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/blob/3c58463e341b12c9d30d7d3807d2bac1bc595a78/filter/imagetoraster.c#L613
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/libcupsfilters/blob/33421982e10f6a14bc0bab03b80c9cf4660e8d7d/cupsfilters/image-tiff.c#L32
More OpenPrinting Cups-filters vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2025-57812 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-57812 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2025-57812 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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