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medium 5.5

CVE-2020-12867 json

A NULL pointer dereference in sanei_epson_net_read in SANE Backends before 1.0.30 allows a malicious device connected to the same local net…

published 2020-06-01 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-5149

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 42%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A NULL pointer dereference in sanei_epson_net_read 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, aka GHSL-2020-075.

Patch / fix

  • sane-project sane_backends 1.0.30
  • sane-backends Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.31-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12867

  • sane-backends Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2.16.04.3
  • sane-backends Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1.0.27-1~experimental3ubuntu2.3
  • sane-backends Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1.0.29-0ubuntu5.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12867

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  • sane-backends RHEL 8 1.0.27-22.el8
  • sane-backends-libs RHEL 8 1.0.27-22.el8
  • sane-backends-daemon RHEL 8 1.0.27-22.el8
  • sane-backends-drivers-cameras RHEL 8 1.0.27-22.el8
  • sane-backends-drivers-scanners RHEL 8 1.0.27-22.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2021:1744

  • 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 SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP2, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP1, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2 +1 more 1.0.31-6.3.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:3125-1SUSE-SU-2020:3065-1

  • sane-backends openSUSE Leap 15.2 1.0.31-lp152.7.3.1
  • sane-backends openSUSE Leap 15.1 1.0.31-lp151.6.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2020:1798-1openSUSE-SU-2020:1791-1

  • sane-backends AlmaLinux 8 1.0.27-22.el8
  • sane-backends-libs AlmaLinux 8 1.0.27-22.el8
  • sane-backends-daemon AlmaLinux 8 1.0.27-22.el8
  • sane-backends-drivers-cameras AlmaLinux 8 1.0.27-22.el8
  • sane-backends-drivers-scanners AlmaLinux 8 1.0.27-22.el8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2021:1744

  • sane-backends Rocky Linux 8 1.0.27-22.el8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2021:1744

  • sane Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +10 more 1.0.30-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2020-12867

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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-2020-12867 updated cvss 5.7

sane-backends: NULL pointer dereference in sanei_epson_net_read function

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 sane-backends Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 sane-backends, sane-backends-libs, sane-backends-libs-gphoto2
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • 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”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) sane-backends 1.0.27-22.el8, sane-backends-libs 1.0.27-22.el8, sane-backends-daemon 1.0.27-22.el8, sane-backends-drivers-cameras 1.0.27-22.el8, sane-backends-drivers-scanners 1.0.27-22.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:1744

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Exploit prediction

0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • securitylab.github.com https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-075-libsane referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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