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CVE-2020-12862

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  • Published2020-06-24
  • WeaknessCWE-125

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Description

An out-of-bounds read in SANE Backends before 1.0.30 may allow a malicious device connected to the same local network as the victim to read important information, such as the ASLR offsets of the program, aka GHSL-2020-082.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2020-06-2413:15CVE publishedNVD

Versions per branch

NVD
Canonical ubuntu linux
BranchAffectedFixed in
16.4= 16.04no fix published
18.4= 18.04no fix published
20.4= 20.04no fix published
Opensuse leap
BranchAffectedFixed in
15.1= 15.1no fix published
15.2= 15.2no fix published
Debian debian linux
BranchAffectedFixed in
9.0= 9.0no fix published

1 more product in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • saneMageia:7all versions · fixed in 1.0.28-1.1.mga7
  • saneCleanStartall versions · fixed in 1.0.30-r0
  • saneAlpine:v3.24all versions · fixed in 1.0.30-r0
  • saneAlpine:v3.23all versions · fixed in 1.0.30-r0
  • saneAlpine:v3.22all versions · fixed in 1.0.30-r0
  • saneAlpine:v3.21all versions · fixed in 1.0.30-r0
  • saneAlpine:v3.20all versions · fixed in 1.0.30-r0
  • saneAlpine:v3.19all versions · fixed in 1.0.30-r0

41 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2020-12862 Red Hat Product Security8 known affected

    sane-backends: Out-of-bounds read in decode_binary

    sane-backends as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · sane-backends-daemon as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · sane-backends-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · +5 more

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Workaround from the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2020-12862 · 19 productsThis flaw can be mitigated by limiting network scanner discovery to a trusted subnet via the "net" configuration in the "/etc/sane.d/epsonds.conf" configuration file. Also automatic network scanner discovery can be turned off by commenting out the line "net autodiscovery" in the same configuration …
  2. No fix available, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2020-12862 · 8 productsAffected

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Published
2020-06-24
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-9cxx-xcj5-q2jx

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12862?

An out-of-bounds read in SANE Backends before 1.0.30 may allow a malicious device connected to the same local network as the victim to read important information, such as the ASLR offsets of the program, aka GHSL-2020-082.

Is CVE-2020-12862 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2020-12862 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.1% on 2026-11-09, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-12862?

CVE-2020-12862 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

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