Security Advisory
CVE-2017-2885
9.8
CRITICAL
Vulnerability 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.
Published Date
April 24, 2018
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory