CVE-2020-12861
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.58%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2020-12861
To remediate CVE-2020-12861, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/sane-backends—upgrade to 1.0.31-2 or later
Is CVE-2020-12861 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.0.31-2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |