TI-2020-10226 Aliases CVE-2020-12861 GHSA-hxcj-jfw4-p5vg

A heap buffer overflow in SANE Backends before 1.0.30 allows a malicious device connected…

MEDIUM 44CWE-787Published 2020-06-24 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Adjacent network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

A heap buffer overflow in SANE Backends before 1.0.30 allows a malicious device connected to the same local network as the victim to execute arbitrary code, aka GHSL-2020-080.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03044 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed Red Hat: 3 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 6

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:sane-project:sane_backends::::::::	before 1.0.30	Vulnerable	Sane-project
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::esm:::	16.04	Vulnerable	Canonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts:::	18.04	Vulnerable	Canonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04::::lts:::	20.04	Vulnerable	Canonical
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:::::::*	15.1	Vulnerable	openSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:::::::*	15.2	Vulnerable	openSUSE

cpe:2.3:o:sane-project:sane_backends:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.0.30 Vulnerable ·Sane-project
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* Versions 16.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 18.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 20.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.1 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.2 Vulnerable ·openSUSE

Remediation

Red Hat 3 advisories

RHSA-2020:3045 Released 2020-07-21 · Red Hat rating Important
sane-backends security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.0) sane-backends-1.0.27-19.el8_0.1, sane-backends-daemon-1.0.27-19.el8_0.1, sane-backends-devel-1.0.27-19.el8_0.1 +4
RHSA-2020:2967 Released 2020-07-16 · Red Hat rating Important
sane-backends security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1) sane-backends-1.0.27-19.el8_1.1, sane-backends-daemon-1.0.27-19.el8_1.1, sane-backends-devel-1.0.27-19.el8_1.1 +4
RHSA-2020:2902 Released 2020-07-14 · Red Hat rating Important
sane-backends security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) sane-backends-1.0.27-19.el8_2.1, sane-backends-daemon-1.0.27-19.el8_2.1, sane-backends-devel-1.0.27-19.el8_2.1 +4

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)	Fixed	RHSA-2020:2902
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.0)	Fixed	RHSA-2020:3045
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1)	Fixed	RHSA-2020:2967

Not affected: 3 products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-12861
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hxcj-jfw4-p5vg

References

Exploit 1

https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-075-libsane

Patch 1

https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/sane-announce/2020/000041.html

Advisory 3

Other 1

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172841/SANE-Backends-Memory-Corruption-Code-Execution.html

Sources

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