5.7

CVE-2020-6923: hplip Classic Buffer Overflow

CVSS: 5.7v3.1MediumDeferred
AliasesSUSE-RU-2025:0270-1SUSE-RU-2025:0272-1SUSE-SU-2025:0290-1
Published 19-12-2024Last modified 20-12-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-6923 is a medium (CVSS 5.7) Classic Buffer Overflow vulnerability in hplip. EPSS estimates a 0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
23/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.7/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.30%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 19-12-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 20-12-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) software may potentially be affected by memory buffer overflow.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.30%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

22%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.31% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.30%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Suse14 products
  • hplip&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS< 3.24.4-150400.3.17.1
  • hplip&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS< 3.24.4-150400.3.17.1
  • hplip&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS< 3.24.4-150400.3.17.1
  • hplip&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS< 3.24.4-150400.3.17.1
  • hplip&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6< 3.24.4-150600.4.6.1
Opensuse2 products
  • hplip&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 3.24.4-150600.4.6.1
  • hplip&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 3.24.4-4.1
Debian1 product
  • hplip< 3.20.9+dfsg0-3
Ubuntu1 product
  • hplipAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 3.20.3+dfsg0-2ubuntu0.1

4 vendors · 18 products

References

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