CVE-2017-8891 Denial of service in n/a
A malformed Lepton file causes a segmentation fault and application crash due to incorrect thread setup, leading to denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-8891?
CVE-2017-8891 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 May 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-1187
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8891?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Dropbox Lepton.
How do I fix CVE-2017-8891?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-8891 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-8891 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8891 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6g2p-qr9v-r26w.