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CVE-2020-12867A NULL pointer dereference in sanei_epson_net_read in SANE Backends before 1.0.30 allows a malicious device connected to the same local…
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.50%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 57% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 18 days later
· 18 days later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.50% · top 57% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References9
- https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/sane-announce/2020/000041.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/issues/279#issue-1-ghsl-2020-075-null-pointer-dereference-in-sanei_epson_net_read (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-075-libsane (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-b845771719 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200817 [SECURITY] [DLA 2332-1] sane-backends security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-4470-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20201007 [SECURITY] [DLA 2332-2] sane-backends regression update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1791 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1798 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2020-5149 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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