CVE-2017-2885 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 8.55% · 92.3th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
8.55%
92.3th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlibsoup2.40, 2.42.2-6, 2.44.1-1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlibsoup2.40, 2.50.0-2debian1, 2.52.1-1

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