Security advisory

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  "id": "975693b786879cfd42e1dafa67ffe7da60943781632d54aa8c0a2a1f2109d676",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7407",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-7407",
    "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-7407",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "low",
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        "CURL-CVE-2017-7407",
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          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
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      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/curl/curl",
              "type": "GIT",
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                  "fixed": "1890d59905414ab84a35892b2e45833654aa5c13"
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:7.53.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                        "introduced": "7.53.1"
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                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
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                    "range": [
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
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          "versions": [
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            "curl-7_53_1"
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          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-7407.json",
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                "source": "https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/1890d59905414ab84a35892b2e45833654aa5c13",
                "target": {
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                "source": "https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/1890d59905414ab84a35892b2e45833654aa5c13",
                "target": {
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                  "function": "ourWriteOut"
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            "vanir_signatures_modified": "2026-10-20T13:32:32Z"
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T13:32:32.432783419Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-14",
        "https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/1890d59905414ab84a35892b2e45833654aa5c13"
      ],
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    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2017-7407",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 387796,
  "published_at": "2017-04-03T20:59:00.247+00:00"
}