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 `MediaBox` value, an attacker can cause CUPS-Filter 1.x’s `pdftoraster` tool to write beyond the bounds of an array. First, a PDF with a large `MediaBox` width value causes `header.cupsWidth` to become large. Next, the calculation of `bytesPerLine = (header.cupsBitsPerPixel * header.cupsWidth + 7) / 8` overflows, resulting in a small value. Then, `lineBuf` is allocated with the small `bytesPerLine` size. Finally, `convertLineChunked` calls `writePixel8`, which attempts to write to `lineBuf` outside of its buffer size (out of bounds write). In libcupsfilters, the maintainers found the same `bytesPerLine` 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.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade cups-filters-libsUpgrade cups-filters-develUpgrade cups-filtersUpgrade cups-filters-debuginfo | May 20, 2026 | May 20, 2026 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade cups-filters-develUpgrade cups-filters-libsUpgrade cups-filters-libs-debuginfoUpgrade cups-filtersUpgrade cups-filters-debugsourceUpgrade cups-filters-debuginfo | Dec 9, 2025 | Nov 12, 2025 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade libcupsfiltersUpgrade cups-filters | Nov 27, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 17, 2026 | Nov 12, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libcupsfilters1 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libcupsfilters2t64Upgrade cups-filtersUpgrade cups-filters (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libcupsfilters1 | Nov 21, 2025 | Nov 12, 2025 |
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