cve/2017/CVE-2017-7407.md

CVE-2017-7407

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.

POC

Reference

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html

Github

• https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
• https://github.com/fokypoky/places-list
• https://github.com/mrash/afl-cve