Out-of-bounds Write Affecting sane-backends package, versions <1.0.31-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-SANEBACKENDS-570254
  • published23 May 2020
  • disclosed24 Jun 2020

Introduced: 23 May 2020

CVE-2020-12865  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 sane-backends to version 1.0.31-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sane-backends package and not the sane-backends package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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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