CVE-2023-46047 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue in Sane 1.2.1 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file to the sanei_configure_attach() function. NOTE: this is disputed because there is no expectation that the product should be starting with an attacker-controlled configuration file.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00054.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Sane-project	Sane Backends

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:sane-project:sane_backends:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:sane-project:sane_backends:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/64
https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/issues/708

History

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 01:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Sane-project Sane-project sane Backends
CPEs		cpe:2.3:h:sane-project:sane_backends:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:sane-project:sane_backends:1.2.1:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Sane-project Sane-project sane Backends

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 19:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-20
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-03-27T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-22T18:06:45.904Z

Reserved: 2023-10-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2023-46047

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T20:37:39.258Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-03-27T05:15:47.500

Modified: 2025-09-23T01:02:34.633

Link: CVE-2023-46047

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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