vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-4470-1 (CVE-2020-12866): sane-backends vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | (AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) | May 17, 2020 | Aug 25, 2020 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
May 17, 2020
Added
Aug 25, 2020
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
Description
A NULL pointer dereference in SANE Backends before 1.0.30 allows a malicious device connected to the same local network as the victim to cause a denial of service, GHSL-2020-079.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-libsaneubuntu-upgrade-libsane1
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