CVE-2022-38181

high-risk
Published 2022-10-25

The Arm Mali GPU kernel driver allows unprivileged users to access freed memory because GPU memory operations are mishandled. This affects Bifrost r0p0 through r38p1, and r39p0; Valhall r19p0 through r38p1, and r39p0; and Midgard r4p0 through r32p0.

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24.5% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 75% of all CVEs
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CISA KEV: actively exploited in the wild
On the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — federal agencies must patch
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (5)

Affected Vendors

Arm

References (11)

Third Party Advisory http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172854/Android-Arm-Mali-GPU-Arbitrary-Code-...
Vendor Advisory https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerab...
Vendor Advisory https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates
Exploit https://github.blog/2023-01-23-pwning-the-all-google-phone-with-a-non-google-bug...
Exploit https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-054_Arm_Mali/
Third Party Advisory http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172854/Android-Arm-Mali-GPU-Arbitrary-Code-...
Vendor Advisory https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerab...
Vendor Advisory https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates
Exploit https://github.blog/2023-01-23-pwning-the-all-google-phone-with-a-non-google-bug...
Exploit https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-054_Arm_Mali/
US Government Resource https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-...
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high-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 22/34 · High
Exposure 12/34 · Low