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 Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 2.4
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade curl | Aug 30, 2017 | Apr 3, 2017 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade curl | Jun 23, 2017 | Apr 3, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade curl | Apr 5, 2017 | Apr 3, 2017 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade curl | Apr 10, 2017 | Apr 5, 2017 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-misc/curl. | Oct 30, 2017 | Apr 3, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade libcurl-develUpgrade curlUpgrade libcurl | Jul 23, 2019 | Apr 3, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade libcurlUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade curl | Sep 25, 2019 | Apr 3, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade libcurl-develUpgrade curlUpgrade libcurl | Jun 27, 2019 | Apr 3, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade entire/ to version 11.4-11.4.0.0.1.15.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade entire to version 0.5.11-0.175.3.35.0.6.0 on Solaris 11.3 | Oct 19, 2018 | Apr 3, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Apr 4, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libcurl4Upgrade libcurl4-x86Upgrade sles12sp2-docker-imageUpgrade libcurl4-openssl1-32bitUpgrade curl-openssl1Upgrade sles12sp1-docker-imageUpgrade curlUpgrade libcurl4-openssl1-x86Upgrade sles12-docker-imageUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade libcurl4-openssl1Upgrade libcurl4-32bit | Apr 19, 2017 | Apr 3, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade curlUpgrade libcurl3-nssUpgrade libcurl3-gnutlsUpgrade libcurl3 | Oct 10, 2017 | Apr 3, 2017 |
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