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CVE-2020-12865

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-12865 is a heap buffer overflow vulnerability affecting SANE Backends prior to version 1.0.30, impacting Canonical, Debian, openSUSE, and SANE-Project distributions. With a CVSS score of 8.0 (High), it allows a malicious device on the same local network to execute arbitrary code with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this vulnerability.

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:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.0HIGH

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

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.1
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0146 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 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
View patch
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-2020-12865Important

sane-backends: Heap buffer overflow in esci2_img

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
alioth-lists.debian.net / pipermail/sane-announce/2020/000041.html
Mailing ListRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00029.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00010.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securitylab.github.com / advisories/GHSL-2020-075-libsane
ExploitThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4470-1
Third Party Advisory