CVE-2025-64524
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-11-20
Last updated on: 2025-12-15
Assigner: GitHub, Inc.
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| openprinting | cups-filters | to 2.0.1 (inc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-122 | A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). |
| CWE-787 | The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. |
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AI Powered Q&A
Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a heap-buffer-overflow in the rastertopclx filter of cups-filters version 2.0.1 and earlier. When processing specially crafted malicious input data, the program crashes with a segmentation fault. This memory corruption issue can potentially allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can cause the cups-filters program to crash and may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system, which could lead to unauthorized actions or system compromise.
What immediate steps should I take to mitigate this vulnerability?
Update cups-filters to a version later than 2.0.1 where the vulnerability has been patched (commit 956283c). Avoid processing untrusted or malicious input data with the rastertopclx filter until the update is applied.