CVE-2017-2885
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.8 Critical
- Published
- Apr 24, 2018
- Updated
- Sep 17, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 1, 2016
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | talos |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
libsoupGNOME |
|
References
- RHSA-2017:2459vendor-advisory
- DSA-3929vendor-advisory
- 100258vdb-entry
- 20201204 ProCaster LE-32F430 SmartTV RCE via libsoup/2.51.3 stack overflow (CVE-2017-2885)mailing-list
- 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
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