VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-2905
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.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 0.84%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.84%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.84% probability · 56th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- debian/debian linux · google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
References
- http://crbug.com/254159
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2013/08/stable-channel-update.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2741
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17583
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?revision=209814&view=revision
- http://crbug.com/254159
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2013/08/stable-channel-update.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2741
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17583
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?revision=209814&view=revision
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.