Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 24, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-2885
CVE-2017-2885
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.
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Affected products
19- osv-coords18 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/libsoup&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/libsoup&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/libsoup&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libsoup&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/libsoup&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libsoup&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libsoup&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libsoup&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/libsoup&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libsoup&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libsoup&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/libsoup&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/libsoup&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libsoup&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/libsoup&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libsoup&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/libsoup&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%206pkg:rpm/suse/libsoup&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207
< 2.72.0-2.5+ 17 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.72.0-2.5
- (no CPE)range: < 2.62.2-5.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.54.1-5.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.54.1-5.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.44.2-2.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.54.1-5.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.62.2-5.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.54.1-5.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.44.2-2.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.54.1-5.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.44.2-2.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.44.2-2.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.54.1-5.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.54.1-5.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.54.1-5.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.54.1-5.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.44.2-2.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.62.2-5.7.1
- Range: 2.58
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- packetstormsecurity.com/files/160388/ProCaster-LE-32F430-GStreamer-souphttpsrc-libsoup-2.51.3-Stack-Overflow.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/3nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0392nvdExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2459nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3929nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100258nvdBroken Link
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