CVE-2017-2885 (GCVE-0-2017-2885)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-04-24 19:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:32
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Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • buffer overflow
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GNOME libsoup Affected: 2.58
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Date Public
2017-08-10 00:00
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