Out-of-bounds Read Affecting sane package, versions <1.0.30-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-SANE-8489480
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed24 Jun 2020

Introduced: 24 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-12862  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 sane to version 1.0.30-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sane package and not the sane package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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