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CVE-2017-8891

MEDIUM
5.5CVSS
Published: 2017-05-10
Updated: 2025-04-20
AI Analysis

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
local
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
required
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-1187

Metadata

Primary Vendor
DROPBOX
Published
5/10/2017
Last Modified
4/20/2025
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

dropbox : lepton

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