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Security fix · CVE-2025-64503

cups-filters contains backends, filters, and other software required to get the cups printing service working on operating systems other than macos.

Published Nov 12, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 18, 2026 · cups-filters contains backends, filters,

Open the advisory

Exploitation likelihood is not on this record for CVE-2025-64503. A missing EPSS score is not a low risk. Compare cups-filters contains backends, filters, with the linked advisory before you change production.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (cups-filters contains backends, filters,).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
  • EPSS is missing. A missing score is not a low risk.
Severity
Low3.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
Awaiting synchronization with FIRST
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe openprinting/cups-filters · cpe openprinting/libcupsfilters

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 value, an attacker can cause CUPS-Filter 1.x’s tool to write beyond the bounds of an array. First, a PDF with a large width value causes to become large. Next, the calculation of overflows, resulting in a small value. Then, is allocated with the small size. Finally, calls , which attempts to write to outside of its buffer size (out of bounds write). In libcupsfilters, the maintainers found the same 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.

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  • cpe openprinting/cups-filtersversion unspecified
  • cpe openprinting/libcupsfiltersversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2025-64503

  • Recommended remediation

    A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.

  • Official advisories

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

Exploitation likelihood is not on this record for CVE-2025-64503. A missing EPSS score is not a low risk. Compare cups-filters contains backends, filters, with the linked advisory before you change production.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write. EPSS is not on this record yet. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 12, 2025 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    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 value, an attacker can cause CUPS-Filter 1.x’s tool to write beyond the bounds of an array. First, a PDF with a large width value causes to become large. Next, the calculation of ov

  2. Oct 18, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    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 value, an attacker can cause CUPS-Filter 1.x’s tool to write beyond the bounds of an array. First, a PDF with a large width value causes to become large. Next, the calculation of ov

Sources

  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-64503

    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 value, an attacker can cause CUPS-Filter 1.x’s `pd

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.