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CVE-2020-12865

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Description

A heap buffer overflow in SANE Backends before 1.0.30 may allow a malicious device connected to the same local network as the victim to execute arbitrary code, aka GHSL-2020-084.

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https://usn.ubuntu.com/4470-1/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00010.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00029.html

https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/sane-announce/2020/000041.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00003.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00079.html

https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-075-libsane

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-06-24

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00324

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