NULL pointer dereference in Sane-Project Sane Backends
CVE-2020-12867
A NULL pointer dereference in sanei_epson_net_read in SANE Backends before 1.0.30 allows a malicious device connected to the same local network as the victim to cause a denial of service, aka GHSL-2020-075.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (40.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 40.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sane-Project Sane Backends
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 16.04, 18.04, 20.04
- Debian Linux — versions 9.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 32
- 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)
- gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/issues/279 (Third Party Advisory)
- securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-075-libsane (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-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, Broken Link)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00003.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-12867?
- CVE-2020-12867 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sane-Project Sane Backends, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-06-01.
- How severe is CVE-2020-12867?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-12867 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.