cve-2022-38181
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-10-25 00:00
Modified
2025-02-03 14:32
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172854/Android-Arm-Mali-GPU-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20VulnerabilitiesVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updatesVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.blog/2023-01-23-pwning-the-all-google-phone-with-a-non-google-bug/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-054_Arm_Mali/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172854/Android-Arm-Mali-GPU-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20VulnerabilitiesVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updatesVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.blog/2023-01-23-pwning-the-all-google-phone-with-a-non-google-bug/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-054_Arm_Mali/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a n/a Version: n/a
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2023-03-30

Due date: 2023-04-20

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38181

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