Vulnerability CVE-2017-8891
Published: 2017-05-10

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-1187

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Dropbox -> Lepton 

 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
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