CVE-2017-8891

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    CVE-2017-8891

    Published: 10 May 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Dropbox Lepton 1.2.1 allows DoS (SEGV and application crash) via a malformed lepton file because the code does not ensure setup of a correct number of threads.

    References: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/1, https://github.com/dropbox/lepton/commit/82167c144a322cc956da45407f6dce8d4303d346, https://github.com/dropbox/lepton/issues/87

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- c378cbfa2daaa99e8828be7395013f94cedb1bcc
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.2.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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