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CVE-2017-2885
An exploitable stack based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the GNOME libsoup 2.58. A specially crafted HTTP request can cause a…
Critical9.8EPSS 23.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- talos
Description
An exploitable stack based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the GNOME libsoup 2.58. A specially crafted HTTP request can cause a stack overflow resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can send a special HTTP request to the vulnerable server to trigger this vulnerability.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| talosCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 23.1% · top 2.2% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- buffer overflow
- CWE-787 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-787 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (6)
- RHSA-2017:2459 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-3929 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 100258 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20201204 ProCaster LE-32F430 SmartTV RCE via libsoup/2.51.3 stack overflow (CVE-2017-2885) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0392 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160388/ProCaster-LE-32F430-GStreamer-souphttpsrc-libsoup-2.51.3-Stack-Overflow.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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