# CVE-2020-12865: A heap buffer overflow in SANE Backends before 1.0.30 may allow a malicious device connected to the same local network as the victim to exec

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-06-24 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

A heap buffer overflow in SANE Backends before 1.0.30 may allow a malicious device connected to the same local network as the victim to execute arbitrary code, aka GHSL-2020-084.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/sane-announce/2020/000041.html
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-075-libsane
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00029.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4470-1/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00079.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00003.html

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