{"id":"CVE-2022-38181","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-38181","generatedAt":"2026-10-31T11:46:17.336Z","title":"Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Use-After-Free Vulnerability","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.","published":"2022-10-25T19:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T04:56:15.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":["arm/bifrost gpu kernel driver","arm/midgard gpu kernel driver","arm/valhall gpu kernel driver"],"epss":{"score":0.18461,"percentile":0.97237,"date":"2026-10-30","history":[{"date":"2026-10-22","score":0.18461,"percentile":0.97238}]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2023-03-30","dueDate":"2023-04-20","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.\nhttps://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities;  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38181"},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 20 April 2023). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172854/Android-Arm-Mali-GPU-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.blog/2023-01-23-pwning-the-all-google-phone-with-a-non-google-bug/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-054_Arm_Mali/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172854/Android-Arm-Mali-GPU-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.blog/2023-01-23-pwning-the-all-google-phone-with-a-non-google-bug/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-054_Arm_Mali/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-38181","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38181","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}