CVE-2017-8891
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.009 · 60 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.92% (60th) EPSS
CVSS 4.3 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
5.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.05.5mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6
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weaknesses
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affected products (2)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (9)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/1cnnvd
- https://github.com/dropbox/lepton/commit/82167c144a322cc956da45407f6dce8d4303d346cnnvd
- https://github.com/dropbox/lepton/issues/87cnnvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/1enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/dropbox/lepton/commit/82167c144a322cc956da45407f6dce8d4303d346enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/dropbox/lepton/issues/87enisa_euvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/1Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://github.com/dropbox/lepton/commit/82167c144a322cc956da45407f6dce8d4303d346Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisorynvd
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