CVE-2022-38181

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 25, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:56 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorValhall GPU Kernel DriverBifrost GPU Kernel DriverMidgard GPU Kernel Driver

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploitation
CISA KEV
Exploit prediction
EPSS 18%
SSVC
Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score18.5%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 18.5% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 97% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

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.

Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Added to KEV
Mar 30, 2023
Remediation Due
Apr 20, 2023
1285 days overdue

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

r4p0 ≤ v ≤ r31p0
r19p0 ≤ v ≤ r38p1r39p0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.8HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-416

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