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CVE-2013-2905
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2013-08-21 · updated 2026-06-16
- Weakness: CWE-264
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.
Affected products
- Debian Linux: 7.0
- Google Chrome: through 29.0.1547.56; 29.0.1547.0, 29.0.1547.1, 29.0.1547.2, 29.0.1547.3, 29.0.1547.4, 29.0.1547.5 (+44)
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
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