Dropbox Lepton 1.2.1 allows DoS (SEGV and application crash) via a malformed lepton file…
Priority LOW 27CWE-1187Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00925 60th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-8891
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6g2p-qr9v-r26w
References
More dropbox Lepton vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-09619 Dropbox Lepton v1.2.1-185-g2a08b77 was discovered to contain a heap-buffer-overflow in… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2018-14790 io/ZlibCompression.cc in the decompression component in Dropbox Lepton 1.2.1 allows… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2018-14791 read_ujpg in jpgcoder.cc in Dropbox Lepton 1.2.1 allows attackers to cause a… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2018-08684 An issue was discovered in Dropbox Lepton 1.2.1. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2017-05099 The allocate_channel_framebuffer function in uncompressed_components.hh in Dropbox Lepton… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5
Sources
- CVE-2017-8891 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-8891 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6g2p-qr9v-r26w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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