Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package lepton  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1904-LEPTON-534010
  • published11 Jun 2018
  • disclosed11 Jun 2018

Introduced: 11 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-12108  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:19.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream lepton package and not the lepton package as distributed by Ubuntu.

An issue was discovered in Dropbox Lepton 1.2.1. The validateAndCompress function in validation.cc allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (SIGFPE and application crash) via a malformed file.