UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8891

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8891

    Published: 10 May 2017Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-8891

    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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8891, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8891

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: lepton

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+20170405-3build1?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2.1+20170405-3build1

    Affected versions

    1.2.1+20170405-3

    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
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High