Uncaught Exception Affecting OpenPrinting/libcupsfilters package, versions [,2.1.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENPRINTINGLIBCUPSFILTERS-18302533
  • published25 Jul 2026
  • disclosed14 Jun 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-64612  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-248  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade OpenPrinting/libcupsfilters to version 2.1.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncaught Exception in the PNG image reading process due to the absence of an error recovery handler when creating the libpng reader. An attacker can cause the image filter process to abort by submitting a specially crafted PNG print job, resulting in disruption of the affected print job.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1