CVE-2017-2885

Publication date 10 August 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

High

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libsoup2.4 17.04 zesty
Fixed 2.56.0-2ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.52.2-1ubuntu0.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.44.2-1ubuntu2.2

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libsoup2.4

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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