CVE-2023-4969

MEDIUM

A GPU kernel can read sensitive data from another GPU kernel (even from another user or app) through an optimized GPU memory region called _local memory_ on various architectures.

CVSS v3.1 Score

6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Published: 1/16/2024Modified: 6/17/2026

Related Intelligence (1)

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References (10)

https://blog.trailofbits.comExploitMitigationhttps://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446598Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcehttps://registry.khronos.org/OpenCL/specs/3.0-unified/html/OpenCL_API.html#_fundamental_memory_regionsTechnical Descriptionhttps://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.3-extensions/html/index.htmlVendor Advisoryhttps://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446598Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcehttps://blog.trailofbits.comExploitMitigationhttps://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446598Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcehttps://registry.khronos.org/OpenCL/specs/3.0-unified/html/OpenCL_API.html#_fundamental_memory_regionsTechnical Descriptionhttps://registry.khronos.org/vulkan/specs/1.3-extensions/html/index.htmlVendor Advisoryhttps://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446598Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource