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CVE-2017-2885

CRITICAL
Published 2018-04-24T19:00:00Z
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CVSS Score

V3.0
9.8
/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.094
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 9.4% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.924
Higher than 92.4% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

GNOME

libsoup

Affected Versions:

2.58

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed CRITICAL

GHSA-qq4w-8g63-5r25

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

9.0

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2885
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2459
WEB https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3929
WEB https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0392
WEB http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160388/ProCaster-LE-32F430-GStreamer-souphttpsrc-libsoup-2.51.3-Stack-Overflow.html
WEB http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/3
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100258

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 13, 2022, Modified: May 13, 2022

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2459
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3929
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100258
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/3
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0392
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160388/ProCaster-LE-32F430-GStreamer-souphttpsrc-libsoup-2.51.3-Stack-Overflow.html
Published: 2018-04-24T19:00:00Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-17T03:32:40.423Z
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