CVE-2017-2885: Debian Linux

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 23.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Gnome Libsoup: version 2.58 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: version 7.4 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: version 7.4 only; version 7.5 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: version 7.4 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 7.0 only

Published 2018-04-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.