CVE-2020-12862 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in SANE Backends prior to version 1.0.30, affecting various Linux distributions including Canonical, Debian, and OpenSUSE. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) allows a malicious actor on the same local network to read sensitive information, such as ASLR offsets, without user interaction. While the potential impact is limited to information disclosure, there is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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