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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 3.7
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade cups-filters-develUpgrade cups-filters-debuginfoUpgrade cups-filtersUpgrade cups-filters-libs | May 20, 2026 | May 20, 2026 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade cups-filters-libsUpgrade cups-filtersUpgrade cups-filters-debugsourceUpgrade cups-filters-develUpgrade cups-filters-debuginfoUpgrade cups-filters-libs-debuginfo | Dec 12, 2025 | Nov 12, 2025 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade cups-filtersUpgrade libcupsfilters | Nov 27, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 17, 2026 | Nov 12, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libcupsfilters2t64Upgrade cups-filtersUpgrade cups-filters (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libcupsfilters1Upgrade libcupsfilters1 (Ubuntu Pro) | Nov 21, 2025 | Nov 12, 2025 |
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