Canon Generic Plus PCL6 Printer Driver out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Canon Generic Plus PCL6 Printer Driver, Generic Plus UFR II Printer Driver, Generic Plus LIPS4 Printer Driver, Generic Plus LIPSLX Printer Driver and Generic Plus PS Printer Driver. It has been classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-7698. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Canon Generic Plus PCL6 Printer Driver, Generic Plus UFR II Printer Driver, Generic Plus LIPS4 Printer Driver, Generic Plus LIPSLX Printer Driver and Generic Plus PS Printer Driver and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities in print processing of Generic Plus PCL6 Printer Driver / Generic Plus UFR II Printer Driver / Generic Plus LIPS4 Printer Driver / Generic Plus LIPSLX Printer Driver / Generic Plus PS Printer Driver / UFRII LT Printer Driver / CARPS2 Printer Driver / Generic FAX Driver / LIPS4 Printer Driver / LIPSLX Printer Driver / UFR II Printer Driver / PS Printer Driver / PCL6 Printer Driver

It is possible to read the advisory at psirt.canon. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-7698 since 07/16/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at CNNVD (CNNVD-202509-4427) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-31484). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.0
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CNA Base Score: 5.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/16/2025 CVE reserved
09/29/2025 +75 days Advisory disclosed
09/29/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
03/16/2026 +168 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: psirt.canon
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-7698 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-7698
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-326219
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CNNVD: CNNVD-202509-4427 - Canon多款产品 安全漏洞

Entryinfo

Created: 09/29/2025 07:53
Updated: 03/16/2026 17:13
Changes: 09/29/2025 07:53 (73), 09/29/2025 08:11 (1), 09/30/2025 21:05 (6), 10/01/2025 21:33 (1), 10/02/2025 17:25 (1), 10/04/2025 04:48 (1), 10/04/2025 16:21 (1), 10/05/2025 16:44 (1), 10/07/2025 00:11 (1), 10/08/2025 04:29 (1), 10/08/2025 17:34 (1), 10/09/2025 19:56 (1), 01/16/2026 01:25 (1), 03/16/2026 17:13 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:2BC:103

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