CVE-2017-7407
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.58%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 2.4 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.58% probability · 48th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- haxx/curl
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.6% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
- https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/1890d59905414ab84a35892b2e45833654aa5c13Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-14
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
- https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/1890d59905414ab84a35892b2e45833654aa5c13Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-14
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.