PT-2017-19171
CVE-2017-9765
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Published
2017-07-20
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Updated
2025-07-27
Description by
CVSS 3.1
8.1
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
gSOAP versions 2.7.x through 2.8.47
Description
The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a large XML document. This can lead to a stack-based buffer overflow and application crash.
Recommendations
For gSOAP versions 2.7.x through 2.8.47, update to version 2.8.48 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the size of XML documents processed by the soap get function to prevent exploitation.
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