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CVE-2023-46052

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-03-27 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Sane 1.2.1 heap bounds overwrite in init_options() from backend/test.c via a long init_mode string in a configuration file. NOTE: this is disputed because there is no expectation that test.c code should be executed with an attacker-controlled configuration file.

Affected products

• Sane-Project Sane Backends: 1.2.1

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/69
• https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/issues/709
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176823/sane-1.2.1-Buffer-Overflow.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/69
• https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/issues/709

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