PT-2017-8937 · Dropbox · Dropbox Lepton

Marco Grassi · Published 2017-02-02 · Updated 2017-02-07 · CVE-2016-6234

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Dropbox lepton version 1.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a crash, by providing a crafted jpeg file. This is due to a problem in the process file function located in lepton/jpgcoder.cc.

Recommendations For version 1.0, consider avoiding the use of the process file function until a fix is available, or refrain from processing untrusted jpeg files to minimize the risk of a denial of service.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-6234

Affected Products

Dropbox Lepton

References · 4

• https://github.com/dropbox/lepton/issues/26 · Patch
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/17/6 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6234 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6234 · Vendor Advisory