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CVE-2017-2885

37
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2885 is a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in GNOME libsoup 2.58, affecting Debian, GNOME, and Red Hat products. A specially crafted HTTP request can trigger this vulnerability, leading to remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), it poses a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.58CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:libsoup:2.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
24.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2434 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libsoup-0:2.56.0-4.el7_4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-2885Important

libsoup: Stack based buffer overflow with HTTP Chunked Encoding

Aug 10, 2017

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/160388/ProCaster-LE-32F430-GStreamer-souphttpsrc-libsoup-2.51.3-Stack-Overflow.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2459
Third Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/3
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3929
Third Party Advisory
talosintelligence.com / vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0392
ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/100258
Broken Link