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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-64503 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.01%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-11-13 | — | 0.01% | — |
Full EPSS history (1 record total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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2.5 | 1.4 | [email protected] |
| 3.3 | 3.1 | LOW |
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1.8 | 1.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
alpine
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— | CVE-2025-64503: 1 source package rows (cups-filters); 9 state rows across 3 repos (3.22-community, 3.23-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 9. | https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-64503 |
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2025-64503 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (cups-filters, libcupsfilters), 8 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 8. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-64503 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-64503 |
suse
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low | — | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-64503/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2025-64503 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (cups-filters, libcupsfilters), 13 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): released 7, not-affected 3, needs-triage 2, DNE 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-64503 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| openprinting | cups-filters | < 1.28.18 | cpe:2.3:a:openprinting:cups-filters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openprinting | libcupsfilters | >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:openprinting:libcupsfilters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |