USN-7877-1: libcupsfilters vulnerabilities

Publication date

20 November 2025

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in libcupsfilters.


Packages

Details

It was discovered that libcupsfilters incorrectly handled certain malformed
TIFF image files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
libcupsfilters to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-57812)

It was discovered that libcupsfilters incorrectly handled certain malformed
PDF document files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
libcupsfilters to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-64503)

It was discovered that libcupsfilters incorrectly handled certain malformed
TIFF image files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
libcupsfilters to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-57812)

It was discovered that libcupsfilters incorrectly handled certain malformed
PDF document files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
libcupsfilters to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-64503)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
25.10 questing libcupsfilters2t64 –  2.1.1-0ubuntu3.1
25.04 plucky libcupsfilters2t64 –  2.1.1-0ubuntu2.1
24.04 LTS noble libcupsfilters2t64 –  2.0.0-0ubuntu7.2

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