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The SharedMemory::Create function in memory...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 3, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

The SharedMemory::Create function in memory/shared_memory_posix.cc in Google Chrome before 29.0.1547.57 uses weak permissions under /dev/shm/, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via direct access to a POSIX shared-memory file.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 21, 2013
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Feb 3, 2023

Severity

Moderate

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2013-2905

GHSA ID

GHSA-h49q-wghx-7g75

Source code

No known source code

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