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CVE-2017-7407

Published: Apr 3, 2017

Modified: Apr 16, 2026

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/1890d59905414ab84a35892b2e45833654aa5c13

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vendor-advisory

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vendor-advisory

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http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html

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