CVE-2017-7407 Information

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:N

Reference

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://github.com/curl/curl/commit/1890d59905414ab84a35892b2e45833654aa5c13 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-14 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. cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:7.53.1:::::::*

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

2.4