# Out-of-bounds write in Canon Inc. Generic Plus PCL6 Printer Driver and others

CVE record · `CVE-2025-1268`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2025-1268`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 9.4 Critical
- **Critical:** Yes: CVSS 9+
- **CNA:** Canon
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-787](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html)
- **Tags:** [Memory corruption](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/memory-corruption.md)
- **Technologies:** [Canon Inc. Generic Plus PCL6 Printer Driver](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/canon-inc-generic-plus-pcl6-printer-driver.md) · [Canon Inc. Generic Plus UFR II Printer Driver](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/canon-inc-generic-plus-ufr-ii-printer-driver.md) · [Canon Inc. Generic Plus LIPS4 Printer Driver](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/canon-inc-generic-plus-lips4-printer-driver.md) · [Canon Inc. Generic Plus LIPSLX Printer Driver](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/canon-inc-generic-plus-lipslx-printer-driver.md) · [Canon Inc. Generic Plus PS Printer Driver](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/canon-inc-generic-plus-ps-printer-driver.md) · [Canon Inc. Generic FAX Printer Driver](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/canon-inc-generic-fax-printer-driver.md) · [Canon Inc. UFRII LT Printer Driver](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/canon-inc-ufrii-lt-printer-driver.md) · [Canon Inc. CARPS2 Printer Driver](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/canon-inc-carps2-printer-driver.md) · [Canon Inc. PDF Driver](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/canon-inc-pdf-driver.md) · [Canon Inc. LIPS4 Printer Driver](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/canon-inc-lips4-printer-driver.md) · [Canon Inc. LIPSLX Printer Driver](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/canon-inc-lipslx-printer-driver.md) · [Canon Inc. UFR II Printer Driver](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/canon-inc-ufr-ii-printer-driver.md) · [Canon Inc. PS Printer Driver](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/canon-inc-ps-printer-driver.md) · [Canon Inc. PCL6 Printer Driver](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/canon-inc-pcl6-printer-driver.md)
- **Published:** 31 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Mar 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Canon) at 31 Mar 2025, 00:52 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Critical

Critical, because:

- CVSS score 9.4: 9.0 or more.

How we decide what’s critical: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Canon Inc.. Product: Generic Plus PCL6 Printer Driver.
  - affected: `3.12 and earlier`
- Vendor: Canon Inc.. Product: Generic Plus UFR II Printer Driver.
  - affected: `3.12 and earlier`
- Vendor: Canon Inc.. Product: Generic Plus LIPS4 Printer Driver.
  - affected: `3.12 and earlier`
- Vendor: Canon Inc.. Product: Generic Plus LIPSLX Printer Driver.
  - affected: `3.12 and earlier`
- Vendor: Canon Inc.. Product: Generic Plus PS Printer Driver.
  - affected: `3.12 and earlier`
- Vendor: Canon Inc.. Product: Generic FAX Printer Driver.
  - affected: `10.65 and earlier`
- Vendor: Canon Inc.. Product: UFRII LT Printer Driver.
  - affected: `30.88 and earlier`
- Vendor: Canon Inc.. Product: CARPS2 Printer Driver.
  - affected: `31.01 and earlier`
- Vendor: Canon Inc.. Product: PDF Driver.
  - affected: `1.0.5.0 and earlier`
- Vendor: Canon Inc.. Product: LIPS4 Printer Driver.
  - affected: `15.00 and earlier`
- Vendor: Canon Inc.. Product: LIPSLX Printer Driver.
  - affected: `15.00 and earlier`
- Vendor: Canon Inc.. Product: UFR II Printer Driver.
  - affected: `15.00 and earlier`
- Vendor: Canon Inc.. Product: PS Printer Driver.
  - affected: `15.00 and earlier`
- Vendor: Canon Inc.. Product: PCL6 Printer Driver.
  - affected: `15.00 and earlier`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 9.4 Critical, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L`, from CNA (Canon)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0082, the 57th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 31 Mar 2025. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2025-1268](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1268)
- [NVD: CVE-2025-1268](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1268)

### References from the CNA

- <https://psirt.canon/advisory-information/cp2025-003/> (vendor-advisory)
- <https://canon.jp/support/support-info/250328vulnerability-response> (vendor-advisory)
- <https://www.usa.canon.com/about-us/to-our-customers/service-notice-vulnerability-remediation-for-certain-printer-drivers-for-production-printers-office-small-office-multifunction-printers-and-laser-printers> (vendor-advisory)
- <https://www.canon-europe.com/support/product-security/> (vendor-advisory)

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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