CVE-2017-7448

Publication date 5 April 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The allocate_channel_framebuffer function in uncompressed_components.hh in Dropbox Lepton 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a malformed JPEG image.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
lepton	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
lepton	Upstream: 7789d99

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.5 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7448