CVE-2023-4211
Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 24 October 2023). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
A local non-privileged user can make improper GPU memory processing operations to gain access to already freed memory.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.10% probability · 66th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 3 October 2023 · due 24 October 2023
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- arm/5th gen gpu architecture kernel driver · arm/bifrost gpu kernel driver · arm/midgard gpu kernel driver · arm/valhall gpu kernel driver
- Source
- arm-security@arm.com
EPSS 1.1% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4211
References
- https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20VulnerabilitiesVendor Advisory
- https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20VulnerabilitiesVendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-4211US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.