high Known exploitedREV. 01
CVE-2022-38181Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver — Use-After-Free
The Arm Mali graphics processor kernel driver mishandles memory operations, so an unprivileged user can reach freed memory and may gain root privileges or disclose information. Bifrost, Valhall and Midgard drivers are affected, and public exploit code exists.
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THE VITAL STATS- CVSS score
- 8.8/ 10 CVSS v3.1
- EPSS probability
- 18.5% Likelihood of exploitation
- Attack complexity
- Low Conditions needed to exploit
- Known exploited
- Yes — CISA KEV
- CVE published
- 2022-10-25
- Added to KEV
- 2023-03-30
- CISA due date
- 2023-04-20
- Exploit published
- Yes
- Confidence
- high
- Kill chain
- privilege escalation
- MITRE ATT&CK
- —
- Severity
- high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attacker needsUnprivileged code running on a device with an affected driver.
Behind the card
5 REFERENCES- 01CVE recordNVD recordnvd.nist.gov
- 02CISACISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogcisa.gov
- 03Vendor advisorydeveloper.arm.comdeveloper.arm.com
- 04Vendor advisorydeveloper.arm.comdeveloper.arm.com
- 05Exploitgithub.bloggithub.blog
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +
Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.
| Fields | Source | Retrieved | Extractor | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, published_at, references | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-11-05 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_added, exploitation.kev_due | cisa.gov | 2026-11-05 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| epss | api.first.org | 2026-11-05 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| title, subtitle, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisites | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-11-05 | claude-code | high |
Printing history
THE RECORD- r1Initial base card
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