USN-7878-1: cups-filters vulnerabilities

Publication date

20 November 2025

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in cups-filters.


Packages

Details

It was discovered that cups-filters incorrectly handled certain malformed
TIFF image files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
cups-filters to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2025-57812)

It was discovered that cups-filters incorrectly handled certain malformed
PDF document files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
cups-filters to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2025-64503)

It was discovered that cups-filters incorrectly handled certain malformed
CUPS Raster files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
cups-filters to...

It was discovered that cups-filters incorrectly handled certain malformed
TIFF image files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
cups-filters to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2025-57812)

It was discovered that cups-filters incorrectly handled certain malformed
PDF document files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
cups-filters to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2025-64503)

It was discovered that cups-filters incorrectly handled certain malformed
CUPS Raster files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
cups-filters to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-64524)


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 cups-filters –  2.0.1-0ubuntu3.25.10.1
24.04 LTS noble cups-filters –  2.0.0-0ubuntu4.1
22.04 LTS jammy cups-filters –  1.28.15-0ubuntu1.5
libcupsfilters1 –  1.28.15-0ubuntu1.5
20.04 LTS focal cups-filters –  1.27.4-1ubuntu0.4+esm1  
libcupsfilters1 –  1.27.4-1ubuntu0.4+esm1  
18.04 LTS bionic cups-filters –  1.20.2-0ubuntu3.3+esm2  
libcupsfilters1 –  1.20.2-0ubuntu3.3+esm2  
16.04 LTS xenial cups-filters –  1.8.3-2ubuntu3.5+esm3  
libcupsfilters1 –  1.8.3-2ubuntu3.5+esm3  

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