What is CVE-2017-8891?

CVE-2017-8891 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dropbox Lepton, classified under CWE-1187. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-05-10.

How severe is CVE-2017-8891?

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

Vulnerability in Dropbox Lepton

CVE-2017-8891

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.

EPSS: 0.009 (55.7th 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

Dropbox Lepton — versions 1.2.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1187

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8891?: CVE-2017-8891 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dropbox Lepton, classified under CWE-1187. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-05-10.
How severe is CVE-2017-8891?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.