What is CVE-2017-1000073?

CVE-2017-1000073 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Creolabs Gravity, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-07-17.

How severe is CVE-2017-1000073?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Creolabs Gravity

CVE-2017-1000073

Creolabs Gravity version 1.0 is vulnerable to a heap overflow in an undisclosed component that can result in arbitrary code execution.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-07-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.029 (86.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Creolabs Gravity — versions 1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

github.com/marcobambini/gravity/issues/129 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1000073?: CVE-2017-1000073 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Creolabs Gravity, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-07-17.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000073?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.