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CVE-2023-44216 — Canonical Ubuntu Linux security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 5.3

PVRIC (PowerVR Image Compression) on Imagination 2018 and later GPU devices offers software-transparent compression that enables cross-origin pixel-stealing attacks against feTurbulence and feBlend in the SVG Filter specification, aka a GPU.zip issue. For example, attackers can sometimes accurately determine text contained on a web page from one origin if they control a resource from a different origin.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.3 (3.1)
Published
2023-09-27
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-203

Affected products

  • canonical / ubuntu_linux / 22.04
  • amd / ryzen_7_4800u
  • intel / core_i7-10510u
  • intel / core_i7-12700k
  • intel / core_i7-8700
  • microsoft / windows_11

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Matched remediation archetype

Information disclosure and sensitive data exposure

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Check exposure

  • Trace sensitive data through responses, errors, logs, metrics, traces, caches, exports, files, backups, and client bundles.
  • Identify affected subjects, tenants, retention windows, access controls, and downstream copies without opening unnecessary sensitive records.
  • Review metadata, timing, status, length, and existence signals as well as direct content disclosure.

Remediate safely

  • Minimize collection and output, apply field-level authorization and redaction at a centralized boundary, and return generic external errors.
  • Remove secrets and sensitive data from logs, artifacts, URLs, caches, and client-side bundles; rotate credentials that may have been exposed.
  • Update the affected component and add synthetic-data tests for response, error, observability, and export paths.

Authoritative sources

Complete CVE record and remediation plan

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