USN-7878-1: cups-filters vulnerabilities

USN-7878-1: cups-filters vulnerabilities

Publication date: 20 November 2025
Overview: Several security issues were fixed in cups-filters.

Packages
cups-filters - OpenPrinting CUPS Filters

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

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