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medium 5.7

CVE-2020-6923 json

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Software - Potential Memory Buffer Overflow

published 2024-12-19 22 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-28065

cvss
5.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 23%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) software may potentially be affected by memory buffer overflow.

Patch / fix

  • hplip Debian 13, Debian 12 3.20.9+dfsg0-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-6923

  • hplip Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 3.20.3+dfsg0-2ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-6923

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

  • hplip SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS +7 more 3.24.4-150400.3.17.1
  • hplip SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 3.24.4-150600.4.6.1
  • hplip SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5-LTSS 3.24.4-3.5.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:0290-1SUSE-RU-2025:0272-1SUSE-RU-2025:0270-1

  • hplip openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.24.4-4.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:14655-1

  • hplip AlmaLinux 8 3.26.6-3.el8_10
  • hplip-gui AlmaLinux 8 3.26.6-3.el8_10
  • hplip-libs AlmaLinux 8 3.26.6-3.el8_10
  • hplip-common AlmaLinux 8 3.26.6-3.el8_10
  • libsane-hpaio AlmaLinux 8 3.26.6-3.el8_10

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:82295

  • hplip Rocky Linux 8 3.26.6-3.el8_10

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:82295

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-2020-6923 updated cvss 8.0

hplip: potential memory buffer overflow

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 hpijs, hplip, hplip-gui, hplip-libs, hplip-common, libsane-hpaio
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 hpijs, hplip, hplip-gui, hplip-libs, hplip-common, libsane-hpaio
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) hplip 3.26.6-3.el8_10, hplip-libs 3.26.6-3.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:82295
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 hplip, hplip-libs, hplip-common, libsane-hpaio Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 hplip Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) hplip 3.26.6-3.el8_10, hplip-gui 3.26.6-3.el8_10, hplip-common 3.26.6-3.el8_10, libsane-hpaio 3.26.6-3.el8_10
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
22 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • HP HP Linux Imaging and Printing Software

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

Sources

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