Low severity2.4NVD Advisory· Published Apr 3, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-7407
CVE-2017-7407
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.
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Affected products
15- osv-coords14 versionspkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Studio%20Onsite%201.3pkg:rpm/suse/curl-openssl1&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011-SECURITY
< 7.37.0-36.1+ 13 more
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- (no CPE)range: < 7.19.7-1.20.52.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.19.7-1.69.1
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