CVE-2020-12867

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.11%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/sane-announce/2020/000041.html third party advisory mailing list
https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/issues/279#issue-1-ghsl-2020-075-null-pointer-dereference-in-sanei_epson_net_read third party advisory
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-075-libsane third party advisory exploit
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JWUVCHURVGGYBEUOBA4PLSNXJVBKHJYJ/ vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00029.html third party advisory mailing list
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4470-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00010.html third party advisory mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00079.html mailing list broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00003.html mailing list broken link third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-12867?
CVE-2020-12867 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-12867?
To fix CVE-2020-12867, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-12867 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2020-12867 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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