#VU85579 Memory leak in Chrome OS - CVE-2023-4969 

 

#VU85579 Memory leak in Chrome OS - CVE-2023-4969

Published: January 18, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU85579
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4969
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Chrome OS
Software vendor:
Google

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak through an optimized GPU memory region called _local memory_ on various architectures. A local user can read sensitive data from another GPU kernel.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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