Out-of-bounds Write The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package lepton  (opens in a new tab)


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EPSS
0.87% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1904-LEPTON-620305
  • published2 Feb 2017
  • disclosed2 Feb 2017

Introduced: 2 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-6237  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (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.

The build_huffcodes function in lepton/jpgcoder.cc in Dropbox lepton 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted jpeg file.