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CVE-2020-12861

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-12861 is a critical heap buffer overflow vulnerability affecting SANE Backends prior to version 1.0.30, impacting various Canonical and openSUSE products. This flaw allows a malicious device on the same local network to execute arbitrary code on the victim's system, carrying a high CVSS score of 8.8 due to its adjacent attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise potential (confidentiality, integrity, availability). While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the vulnerability's severity warrants prompt patching.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sane-project:sane_backends:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
20.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0304 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 1,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: sane-backends-0:1.0.27-19.el8_2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: sane-backends-0:1.0.27-19.el8_0.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update SupportFixed in: sane-backends-0:1.0.27-19.el8_1.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-12861Important

sane-backends: Heap buffer overflow in epsonds_net_read in epsonds-net.c

May 17, 2020

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00079.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00003.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/172841/SANE-Backends-Memory-Corruption-Code-Execution.html
alioth-lists.debian.net / pipermail/sane-announce/2020/000041.html
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securitylab.github.com / advisories/GHSL-2020-075-libsane
ExploitVendor Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4470-1
Third Party Advisory