So how exactly did the people able to come across this bug?

This allows the contents of one software to leak into another.

When Diablo requested a framebuffer of its own, Nvidia offered up the one previously used by Chrome.

Bug in NVIDIA GPU reveals all your browsing history even in Chrome Incognito mode

Since it wasnt erased, it still contained the previous contents.

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