Google Pixel Bug Lets Anyone Undo Edits Made With the Markup Tool

A severe vulnerability has been found with the Markup tool on Google Pixel smartphones that can let hackers un-edit the edited screenshots. While the vulnerability has been patched with the latest March 2023 security patch, it still poses risks for Pixel users. Identified by security researchers Simon Aarons and David Buchanan, dubbed the “apocalypse?” flaw, marked CVE-2023-21036, lets someone undo some of the edits made with the Markup tool on a cropped PNG screenshot. According to the developers, this means that years-worth of redacted images sent on platforms such as Discord over the past five years could potentially be at … Continue reading Google Pixel Bug Lets Anyone Undo Edits Made With the Markup Tool