{
    "id": "CVE-2022-38181",
    "published": "2022-10-25 19:15:11",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 04:56:14",
    "cvss_score": "8.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-416",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.13556",
    "epss_percentile": "0.96330",
    "kev": 1,
    "kev_due": "2023-04-20",
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-27 18:17:34",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 1,
        "label": "Patch first",
        "why": "On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2023-04-20."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "arm",
            "product": "bifrost_gpu_kernel_driver"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "arm",
            "product": "midgard_gpu_kernel_driver"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "arm",
            "product": "valhall_gpu_kernel_driver"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": {
        "cve_id": "CVE-2022-38181",
        "date_added": "2023-03-30",
        "due_date": "2023-04-20",
        "vendor": "Arm",
        "product": "Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)",
        "name": "Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Use-After-Free Vulnerability",
        "ransomware": 0
    },
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172854/Android-Arm-Mali-GPU-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html",
        "https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities",
        "https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates",
        "https://github.blog/2023-01-23-pwning-the-all-google-phone-with-a-non-google-bug/",
        "https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-054_Arm_Mali/",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172854/Android-Arm-Mali-GPU-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html",
        "https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities",
        "https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates",
        "https://github.blog/2023-01-23-pwning-the-all-google-phone-with-a-non-google-bug/",
        "https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-054_Arm_Mali/",
        "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-38181"
    ]
}