CVE-2017-1000173 json
Creolabs Gravity Version: 1.0 Heap Overflow Potential Code Execution.
published 2017-11-17 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-1455
- cvss
- 9.8
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 2.5%
- EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Creolabs Gravity Version: 1.0 Heap Overflow Potential Code Execution. By creating a large loop whiling pushing data to a buffer, we can break out of the bounds checking of that buffer. When list.join is called on the data it will read past a buffer resulting in a Heap-Buffer-Overflow.
Patch / fix
Exploit prediction
2.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- github.com https://github.com/marcobambini/gravity/issues/172 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
References
-
github.com
/marcobambini/gravity/issues/172
exploit, patch, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2017-1000173
- NVD CVE-2017-1000173
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