CVE-2017-7407

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Published 2017-04-03 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
2.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
2.4

Description

The ourWriteOut function in tool_writeout.c in curl 7.53.1 might allow physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory in opportunistic circumstances by reading a workstation screen during use of a --write-out argument ending in a '%' character, which leads to a heap-based buffer over-read.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
26%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7407

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7407.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/1890d59905414ab84a35892b2e45833654aa5c13

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed7.52.1-4
debian debianbullseyefixed7.52.1-4
debian debianforkyfixed7.52.1-4
debian debiansidfixed7.52.1-4
debian debiantrixiefixed7.52.1-4

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
haxxcurl7.53.1

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.