CVE-2026-87875Cups: openprinting cups: heap out-of-bounds read in cupsutf32toutf8() via missing source-length bound
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The cupsUTF32ToUTF8() function in CUPS's cups/transcode.c lacks a source-length bound and can read past the end of the source buffer, resulting in a heap out-of-bounds read. This is reachable via SNMP supply-description parsing in backend/snmp-supplies.c with attacker-controlled content.
- CVSS
- 4.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-125
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- redhat
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Sep 11, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images redhat:hummingbird | from 2.4.19-4.1.hum1 not affected | CNA record |
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 redhat:enterprise_linux | 10 | CNA record |
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 redhat:openshift | 4 | CNA record |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66600vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-87875vdb-entry, x-refsource-redhat
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2530994issue-tracking, x-refsource-redhat
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/commit/0c6842fc615e8afa284136a092da8178abf5f142
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/commit/2b1dc178a2d2325135b855142e384f4e8c42d8e4
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/security/advisories/GHSA-559w-7676-3xrq
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