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CVE-2003-0775

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2003-09-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

saned in sane-backends 1.0.7 and earlier calls malloc with an arbitrary size value if a connection is dropped before the size value has been sent, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or crash).

Affected products

• Sane: 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5 (+6)
• Sane-Backend: 1.0.10

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-379
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:099
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_046_sane.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-278.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-285.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8593
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8600
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-379
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:099
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_046_sane.html

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