CVE-2017-7407 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Curl
Severity
2.4LOWNVD
OSV8.1
EPSS
0.3%
top 48.82%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedApr 3
Latest updateMay 13
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 vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NExploitability: 0.9 | Impact: 1.4