Medium
Security advisory
The setup_imginfo_jpg function in lepton/jpgcoder.cc in Dropbox lepton 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted jpeg file.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2016-6236
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 09:46 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The setup_imginfo_jpg function in lepton/jpgcoder.cc in Dropbox lepton 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted jpeg file.
osv:CVE-2016-6236
Complete source record
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