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CVE-2017-7407 json

The ourWriteOut function in tool_writeout.c in curl 7.53.1 might allow physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information from…

published 2017-04-03 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-16431

cvss
2.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • curl Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 7.52.1-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7407

  • curl Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.11
  • curl Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7407

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • httpd24-curl RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.61.1-1.el6
  • httpd24-curl RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.61.1-1.el7
  • httpd24-httpd RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 2.4.34-7.el6
  • httpd24-httpd RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 2.4.34-7.el7
  • httpd24-mod_md RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 2.4.34-7.el7
  • httpd24-libcurl RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.61.1-1.el6
  • httpd24-libcurl RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.61.1-1.el7
  • httpd24-mod_ssl RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 1:2.4.34-7.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:3558

  • curl SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 7.19.7-1.70.3.1
  • curl-openssl1 SLES 11-SECURITY 7.19.7-1.70.3.1
  • curl Studio Onsite 1.3 7.19.7-1.20.52.2
  • curl SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +6 more 7.37.0-36.1
  • curl SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 7.19.7-1.69.1
  • curl-openssl1 SLES 11-SECURITY 7.19.7-1.69.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:2312-1SUSE-SU-2017:1117-1SUSE-SU-2017:1042-1SUSE-SU-2017:1043-1

  • curl Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +16 more 7.53.1-r2
  • curl Alpine 3.3, Alpine 3.2 7.52.1-r1
  • curl Alpine 3.4 7.52.1-r2
  • curl Alpine 3.5 7.52.1-r3

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-7407

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-7407 updated cvss 2.4

curl: --write-out out of bounds read

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 curl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 curl, libcurl
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 curl, libcurl Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 mingw-virt-viewer, mingw32-virt-viewer, mingw64-virt-viewer Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 curl
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) httpd24-curl 7.61.1-1.el6, httpd24-httpd 2.4.34-7.el6, httpd24-nghttp2 1.7.1-7.el6, httpd24-libcurl 7.61.1-1.el6, httpd24-mod_ssl 2.4.34-7.el6, httpd24-mod_ldap 2.4.34-7.el6, +5 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) httpd24-curl 7.61.1-1.el7, httpd24-httpd 2.4.34-7.el7, httpd24-mod_md 2.4.34-7.el7, httpd24-nghttp2 1.7.1-7.el7, httpd24-libcurl 7.61.1-1.el7, httpd24-mod_ssl 2.4.34-7.el7, +6 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) httpd24-curl 7.61.1-1.el7, httpd24-httpd 2.4.34-7.el7, httpd24-mod_md 2.4.34-7.el7, httpd24-nghttp2 1.7.1-7.el7, httpd24-libcurl 7.61.1-1.el7, httpd24-mod_ssl 2.4.34-7.el7, +6 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) httpd24-curl 7.61.1-1.el7, httpd24-httpd 2.4.34-7.el7, httpd24-mod_md 2.4.34-7.el7, httpd24-nghttp2 1.7.1-7.el7, httpd24-libcurl 7.61.1-1.el7, httpd24-mod_ssl 2.4.34-7.el7, +6 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6) httpd24-curl 7.61.1-1.el7, httpd24-httpd 2.4.34-7.el7, httpd24-mod_md 2.4.34-7.el7, httpd24-nghttp2 1.7.1-7.el7, httpd24-libcurl 7.61.1-1.el7, httpd24-mod_ssl 2.4.34-7.el7, +6 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) httpd24-curl 7.61.1-1.el6, httpd24-httpd 2.4.34-7.el6, httpd24-nghttp2 1.7.1-7.el6, httpd24-libcurl 7.61.1-1.el6, httpd24-mod_ssl 2.4.34-7.el6, httpd24-mod_ldap 2.4.34-7.el6, +5 more
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) httpd24-curl 7.61.1-1.el7, httpd24-httpd 2.4.34-7.el7, httpd24-mod_md 2.4.34-7.el7, httpd24-nghttp2 1.7.1-7.el7, httpd24-libcurl 7.61.1-1.el7, httpd24-mod_ssl 2.4.34-7.el7, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3558
  • Red Hat .NET Core 1.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-dotnetcore10-curl Red Hat .NET Core 1.1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-dotnetcore11-curl Red Hat .NET Core 2.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-dotnet20-curl Red Hat .NET Core 2.1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-dotnet21-curl, rh-dotnet21-libcurl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 curl, libcurl, libcurl-minimal
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
6 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 2.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.1 2.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.0 2.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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