Out-of-bounds Read in Creolabs Gravity
CVE-2017-1000173
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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
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: 0.025 (83.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 83.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Creolabs Gravity — versions 1.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/marcobambini/gravity/issues/172 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-1000173?
- CVE-2017-1000173 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Creolabs Gravity, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-11-17.
- How severe is CVE-2017-1000173?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.