CVE-2017-8891

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-8891
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-05-10 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionDropbox 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-1187

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Dropbox Lepton 1.2.1 All All All
Application Dropbox Lepton 1.2.1 All All All

References

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SEGFAULT: Malformed lepton file generated by AFL + SymExec · Issue #87 · dropbox/lepton · GitHub MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
fix #87 : always check that threads_required set up the appropriate n… · dropbox/lepton@82167c1 · GitHub MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE Request: Denial of Service in Dropbox lepton MISC openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
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