CVE-2016-6238

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
The write_ujpg function in lepton/jpgcoder.cc in Dropbox lepton 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted jpeg file.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6238
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-02-02T16:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-02-07T19:19:41
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-125 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:lepton_project:lepton:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/dropbox/lepton/issues/26 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/17/6 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6238
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6238
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:49:24 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 13:36:33 2017-02-02T16:59Z 2017-02-02T16:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 13:36:33 2017-02-07T19:19:41 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 13:36:33 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated