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CVE-2017-2885

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 4.00% · 88.6th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
4.00%
88.6th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlibsoup2.42.44.2-1, 2.42.2-6, 2.44.1-1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlibsoup2.42.50.0-2debian1, 2.52.1-1, 2.52.2-1

Timeline

  • Aug 10, 2017 CVE Published
  • Dec 8, 2020 PoC Published
  • Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
  • May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Mar 11, 2023 EPSS Score
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