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Vulnerability · Published Jun 24, 2020 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-12861

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the sane package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.0% (higher than 88% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)3.0%top 12.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A heap buffer overflow in SANE Backends before 1.0.30 allows a malicious device connected to the same local network as the victim to execute arbitrary code, aka GHSL-2020-080.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20sane1.0.30-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-12861
Alpine:v3.21sane1.0.30-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-12861
Alpine:v3.22sane1.0.30-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-12861
Alpine:v3.23sane1.0.30-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-12861
Alpine:v3.24sane1.0.30-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-12861
Debian:12sane-backends1.0.31-2DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12861
Debian:13sane-backends1.0.31-2DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12861
Debian:14sane-backends1.0.31-2DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12861

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References