CVE-2022-38181
Arm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU): Mali GPU Kernel Driver Use-After-Free
As of , CVE-2022-38181 in Arm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch soon.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 30 March 2023
- US federal deadline
- 20 April 202321 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.14Higher than 96% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.00 on 30 March 2023EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
- Fix
- Vendor advice: developer.arm.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver contains a use-after-free vulnerability that may allow a non-privileged user to gain root privilege and/or disclose information.
CISA's description
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.
The CVE record's description, from mitre
- CVE published
- 25 October 2022
- Assigned by
- mitre
- CVSS
- 8.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-416
- Use After Free
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU): other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-28663Use-After-Free | Arm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) | Patch soon | 0.12 | ||
| CVE-2021-28664Unspecified | Arm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) | Patch soon | 0.05 | ||
| CVE-2021-29256Mali GPU Kernel Driver Use-After-Free | Arm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) | Patch soon | 0.03 | ||
| CVE-2023-26083Mali GPU Kernel Driver Information Disclosure | Arm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) | Patch soon | 0.01 | ||
| CVE-2022-22706Mali GPU Kernel Driver Unspecified | Arm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) | Patch soon | 0.01 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org