CVE-2020-12865
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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.46%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.46% probability · 73th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- sane-project/sane backends · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · opensuse/leap
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00079.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/sane-announce/2020/000041.htmlMailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00029.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-075-libsaneExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4470-1/Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00079.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/sane-announce/2020/000041.htmlMailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00029.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-075-libsaneExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4470-1/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.