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CVE-2017-2885

libsoup: Stack based buffer overflow with HTTP Chunked Encoding

Published Modified CWE 787
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat7.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, Photon OS. Rated lower by Red Hat (high), Oracle (high), Ubuntu (high).

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.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
Photon OS 1.0libsoup2.53.90-3.ph1
Photon OS 2.0libsoup2.57.1-3.ph2
alpine 3.10libsoup2.58.2-r0
alpine 3.11libsoup2.58.2-r0
alpine 3.12libsoup2.58.2-r0
alpine 3.13libsoup2.58.2-r0
alpine 3.14libsoup2.58.2-r0
alpine 3.15libsoup2.58.2-r0
alpine 3.16libsoup2.58.2-r0
alpine 3.17libsoup2.58.2-r0
alpine 3.18libsoup2.58.2-r0
alpine 3.19libsoup2.58.2-r0
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SourcePackageFixed in
Photon OS 1.0libsoup2.53.90-3.ph1
Photon OS 2.0libsoup2.57.1-3.ph2
alpine 3.10libsoup2.58.2-r0
alpine 3.11libsoup2.58.2-r0
alpine 3.12libsoup2.58.2-r0
alpine 3.13libsoup2.58.2-r0
alpine 3.14libsoup2.58.2-r0
alpine 3.15libsoup2.58.2-r0
alpine 3.16libsoup2.58.2-r0
alpine 3.17libsoup2.58.2-r0
alpine 3.18libsoup2.58.2-r0
alpine 3.19libsoup2.58.2-r0
alpine 3.20libsoup2.58.2-r0
alpine 3.21libsoup2.58.2-r0
alpine 3.22libsoup2.58.2-r0
alpine 3.23libsoup2.58.2-r0
alpine 3.3libsoup2.52.2-r1
alpine 3.4libsoup2.54.1-r1
alpine 3.5libsoup2.56.1-r0
alpine 3.6libsoup2.58.2-r0
alpine 3.7libsoup2.58.2-r0
alpine 3.8libsoup2.58.2-r0
alpine 3.9libsoup2.58.2-r0
debian 11libsoup2.42.56.1-1
debian 12libsoup2.42.56.1-1
debian 13libsoup2.42.56.1-1
debian 8libsoup2.42.48.0-1+deb8u1
debian 9libsoup2.42.56.0-2+deb9u1
echolibsoup2.42.56.1-1
Oracle Linux 7libsoup2.56.0-4.el7_4
Oracle Linux 7libsoup-devel2.56.0-4.el7_4
ubuntu 14.04libsoup2.42.44.2-1ubuntu2.2
ubuntu 16.04libsoup2.42.52.2-1ubuntu0.2
ubuntu 16.04-ESMlibsoup2.42.52.2-1ubuntu0.2
ubuntu 17.04libsoup2.42.56.0-2ubuntu0.1

References

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