Pierre BourdonMar 18, 2023

CVE-2023-21036 / acropalypse is absolutely bonkers.

Apparently for 5+ years the cropping / editing tools for screenshots on Google Pixel phones was only overwriting the start of the screenshot PNG file, but not truncating.

All screenshots shared for the past 5+ years might have data recoverable from them. Demo available at https://acropalypse.app/

Google still hasn't communicated anything on this.

(h/t ItsSimonTime on Musk's site)

acropalypse screenshot recovery utility

Show threadChristoph Thiede Mar 18, 2023
@delroth Unable to reproduce for screenshots from last year taken on my Pixel 5.
Show threadRainer Müller
@LinqLover @delroth It depends on which tool you used to crop them. As I understand it, only the screenshot editor of the Pixel phones did it wrong. If you used anything else like Google Photos to crop the screenshot, there should be no problem.
Mar 18, 2023 at 7:32pmWeb
Show threadChristoph Thiede Mar 18, 2023
@raimue @delroth No, just swiped from the bottom bar of the screen to the center, pressed screenshot, pen and crop.