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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2017-6318 json

saned in sane-backends 1.0.25 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive memory information via a crafted SANE_NET_CONTROL_OPTION packet.

published 2017-03-20 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-15379

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.0%
EPSS 3.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

saned in sane-backends 1.0.25 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive memory information via a crafted SANE_NET_CONTROL_OPTION packet.

Patch / fix

  • sane-backends Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.25-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6318

  • sane-backends Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2.16.04.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6318

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • sane-backends SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +16 more 1.0.31-4.3.1
  • sane-backends SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +8 more 1.0.24-3.1
  • sane-backends SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 1.0.20-7.8.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:3125-1SUSE-SU-2017:0713-1SUSE-SU-2017:0717-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-6318 updated cvss 3.7

sane-backends: SANE_NET_CONTROL_OPTION response packet may contain memory contents of the server

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 sane-backends Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 sane-backends, sane-backends-libs, sane-backends-libs-gphoto2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 sane-backends, sane-backends-libs, sane-backends-drivers-cameras, sane-backends-drivers-scanners
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

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Exploit prediction

2.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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