CVE catalog
CVE-2020-12865
sane-backends: CVE-2020-12865
- Severity
- High · CVSS 8
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.46% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | sane-backends | sid | 1.4.0-1 | fixed |
| Debian | sane-backends | forky | 1.4.0-1 | fixed |
| Debian | sane-backends | trixie | 1.3.1-3 | fixed |
| Debian | sane-backends | bookworm | 1.2.1-2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | sane-backends | 16.04 | 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | sane-backends | 16.04 | 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2.16.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | sane-backends | 16.04 | 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2.16.04.3 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | sane-backends | 18.04 | 1.0.27-1~experimental2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | sane-backends | 18.04 | 1.0.27-1~experimental2ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | sane-backends | 18.04 | 1.0.27-1~experimental2ubuntu2.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | sane-backends | 18.04 | 1.0.27-1~experimental3ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | sane-backends | 18.04 | 1.0.27-1~experimental3ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | sane-backends | 18.04 | 1.0.27-1~experimental3ubuntu2.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | sane-backends | 18.04 | 1.0.27-1~experimental3ubuntu2.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | sane-backends | 18.04 | 1.0.27-1~experimental3ubuntu2.3 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | sane-backends | 20.04 | 1.0.27-3.2ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | sane-backends | 20.04 | 1.0.27-3.2ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | sane-backends | 20.04 | 1.0.29-0ubuntu5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | sane-backends | 20.04 | 1.0.29-0ubuntu5.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | sane-backends | source | sid | 1.0.31-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [961302] |
| Debian | sane-backends | source | forky | 1.0.31-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [961302] |
| Debian | sane-backends | source | trixie | 1.0.31-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [961302] |
| Debian | sane-backends | source | bookworm | 1.0.31-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [961302] |
| Ubuntu | sane-backends | deb | 16.04 | 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2.16.04.3 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12865 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | sane-backends | deb | 18.04 | 1.0.27-1~experimental3ubuntu2.3 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12865 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | sane-backends | deb | 20.04 | 1.0.29-0ubuntu5.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12865 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libsane]Fixed
Source package: [sane-backends]
Details (2)
1.2.1-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.0.31-2dsa · sane-backends · debian · bookworm; dsa · sane-backends · debian · 12
1.2.1-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.0.31-2dsa · sane-backends · debian · bookworm; dsa · sane-backends · debian · 12
- [libsane1]Fixed
Source package: [sane-backends]
Details (2)
1.2.1-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.0.31-2dsa · sane-backends · debian · bookworm; dsa · sane-backends · debian · 12
1.2.1-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.0.31-2dsa · sane-backends · debian · bookworm; dsa · sane-backends · debian · 12
- [libsane-common]Fixed
Source package: [sane-backends]
Details (2)
1.2.1-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.0.31-2dsa · sane-backends · debian · bookworm; dsa · sane-backends · debian · 12
1.2.1-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.0.31-2dsa · sane-backends · debian · bookworm; dsa · sane-backends · debian · 12
- [libsane-dev]Fixed
Source package: [sane-backends]
Details (2)
1.2.1-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.0.31-2dsa · sane-backends · debian · bookworm; dsa · sane-backends · debian · 12
1.2.1-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.0.31-2dsa · sane-backends · debian · bookworm; dsa · sane-backends · debian · 12
- [sane-utils]Fixed
Source package: [sane-backends]
Details (2)
1.2.1-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.0.31-2dsa · sane-backends · debian · bookworm; dsa · sane-backends · debian · 12
1.2.1-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.0.31-2dsa · sane-backends · debian · bookworm; dsa · sane-backends · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [libsane1]Fixed
Source package: [sane-backends]
Details (2)
1.3.1-3+b1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.0.31-2dsa · sane-backends · debian · 13
1.3.1-3+b1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.0.31-2dsa · sane-backends · debian · 13
- [libsane-common]Fixed
Source package: [sane-backends]
Details (2)
1.3.1-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.0.31-2dsa · sane-backends · debian · 13
1.3.1-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.0.31-2dsa · sane-backends · debian · 13
- [libsane-dev]Fixed
Source package: [sane-backends]
Details (2)
1.3.1-3+b1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.0.31-2dsa · sane-backends · debian · 13
1.3.1-3+b1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.0.31-2dsa · sane-backends · debian · 13
- [sane-utils]Fixed
Source package: [sane-backends]
Details (2)
1.3.1-3+b1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.0.31-2dsa · sane-backends · debian · 13
1.3.1-3+b1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.0.31-2dsa · sane-backends · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2902]
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2020_2902.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12865]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12865]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-12865]
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