{"cve":"CVE-2017-7407","nvd":{"published":"2017-04-03T20:59:00.247","modified":"2026-06-17T01:24:17.330","status":"Modified","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_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","score":2.4},"cwes":["CWE-119"],"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/1890d59905414ab84a35892b2e45833654aa5c13","https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-14","http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html"],"products":["haxx:curl"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:42:09.859288039+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-7407","score":0.00581,"percentile":0.47785,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}