What is CVE-2016-6237?

CVE-2016-6237 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lepton Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-02-02.

How severe is CVE-2016-6237?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Lepton Project

CVE-2016-6237

The build_huffcodes function in lepton/jpgcoder.cc in Dropbox lepton 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted jpeg file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.009 (55.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Lepton_project Lepton — versions 1.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6237?: CVE-2016-6237 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lepton Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-02-02.
How severe is CVE-2016-6237?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.