NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting sane-project/backends package, versions [,1.0.30)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.04% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SANEPROJECTBACKENDS-2374194
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed24 Jun 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-12866  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade sane-project/backends to version 1.0.30 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference. A NULL pointer dereference 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, GHSL-2020-079.

References

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