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CVE-2017-2885

CRITICAL

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.

Published: Apr 24, 2018 Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CWE-787

CVSS Metrics

CVSSv3
Attack Vector: NETWORK Attack Complexity: LOW Privileges Required: NONE User Interaction: NONE Scope: UNCHANGED Confidentiality Impact: HIGH Integrity Impact: HIGH Availability Impact: HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products (10)

Vendor Product Version
gnome libsoup 2.58
debian debian_linux 8.0
debian debian_linux 9.0
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.4
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.4
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.5
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.4
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-qq4w-8g63-5r25

An exploitable stack based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the GNOME libsoup 2.58. A...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 9.8 / 10
EPSS Score 24.34%

Top 2% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 46.5 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub