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.
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sane_backends | Sane-project | * | 1.0.30 (excluding) |
| Sane-backends | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Sane-backends | Ubuntu | eoan | * |
| Sane-backends | Ubuntu | esm-infra/bionic | * |
| Sane-backends | Ubuntu | esm-infra/focal | * |
| Sane-backends | Ubuntu | focal | * |
| Sane-backends | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Sane-backends | Ubuntu | upstream | * |