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CVE-2025-64503

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-64503 describes an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in cups-filters versions prior to 1.28.18, and potentially libcupsfilters, affecting the CUPS printing service. An attacker can craft a malicious PDF file with a large MediaBox value, causing an integer overflow during line buffer allocation in the pdftoraster tool, leading to an attempted write beyond the buffer's boundaries. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.3 (Low), indicating a local attack vector with user interaction required, resulting in a potential loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.28.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openprinting:cups-filters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.0.0, < 2.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openprinting:libcupsfilters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.0MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
11.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0021 is in the 20th percentile among its peer group of 576 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.0 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Fixed in: cups-filters
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: cups-filters
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: cups-filters
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: cups-filters

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2025-64503Moderate

cups: cups-filters: cups-filters: Out-of-bounds write via crafted PDF MediaBox

Nov 12, 2025

References

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2025/11/12/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / OpenPrinting/cups-filters/blob/aea8d0db017e495b0204433ebdb0e86b4871094c/filter/pdftoraster.cxx
Product
github.com / OpenPrinting/cups-filters/blob/aea8d0db017e495b0204433ebdb0e86b4871094c/filter/pdftoraster.cxx
Product
github.com / OpenPrinting/cups-filters/commit/50d94ca0f2fa6177613c97c59791bde568631865
Patch
github.com / OpenPrinting/cups-filters/security/advisories/GHSA-893j-2wr2-wrh9
ExploitVendor Advisory
github.com / OpenPrinting/libcupsfilters/blob/1dd86d835b27ed149b66aee1a4853d1db8a1f44c/cupsfilters/pdftoraster.cxx
Product