Out-of-bounds Read in Sane-Project Sane Backends
CVE-2020-12862
An out-of-bounds read in SANE Backends before 1.0.30 may allow a malicious device connected to the same local network as the victim to read important information, such as the ASLR offsets of the program, aka GHSL-2020-082.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (63.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sane-Project Sane Backends
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 16.04, 18.04, 20.04
- Debian Linux — versions 9.0
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.1, 15.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/sane-announce/2020/000041.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-075-libsane (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00029.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/4470-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00010.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00079.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00003.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-12862?
- CVE-2020-12862 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sane-Project Sane Backends, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2020-06-24.
- How severe is CVE-2020-12862?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-12862 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.