Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 29, 2025· Updated Dec 3, 2025
OpenPrinting CUPS vulnerable to stack based out-of-bound write
CVE-2025-61915
Description
OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Prior to version 2.4.15, a user in the lpadmin group can use the cups web ui to change the config and insert a malicious line. Then the cupsd process which runs as root will parse the new config and cause an out-of-bound write. This issue has been patched in version 2.4.15.
Affected products
1- Range: < 2.4.15
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
3- github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/commit/db8d560262c22a21ee1e55dfd62fa98d9359bcb0mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/releases/tag/v2.4.15mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/security/advisories/GHSA-hxm8-vfpq-jrfcmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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