CVE-2025-43025 HP Universal Print Driver – Potential Denial of Service
A buffer overflow in the HP Universal Print Driver allows attackers to cause a denial of service condition.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-43025?
CVE-2025-43025 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in HP Inc. Universal Print Driver, published on 2 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
HP Universal Print Driver is potentially vulnerable to denial of service due to buffer overflow in versions of UPD 7.4 or older (e.g., v7.3.x, v7.2.x, v7.1.x, etc.).
Weakness: CWE-121
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43025?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hp Universal Print Driver.
How do I fix CVE-2025-43025?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-43025 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2025-43025 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43025 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cwh4-qcmj-2594.