VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2017-2885
CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability23.14%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-04-24
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
Primary references
- talos-cna@cisco.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- talos-cna@cisco.com — Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- talos-cna@cisco.com — Broken Link
- talos-cna@cisco.com — Third Party Advisory
- talos-cna@cisco.com — Third Party Advisory
- talos-cna@cisco.com — Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory