CVE-2023-33200

Mali GPU Kernel Driver Allows Improper GPU Memory Processing Operations

At a glance

Severity: MEDIUM 4.7
EPSS: EPSS 0.23 % · percentile 13 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2023-10-03
Updated: 2025-03-07
Assigner: Arm
NVD status: Modified

Description

A local non-privileged user can make improper GPU processing operations to exploit a software race condition. If the system’s memory is carefully prepared by the user, then this in turn could give them access to already freed memory.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 4.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	CISA-ADP
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 4.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 4.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	NVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-416

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-37372
GCVE · GCVE-0-2023-33200

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2023-AVI-0811 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Google Android · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:arm:bifrost_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ r17p0 < r44p1
cpe:2.3:a:arm:mali_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ r41p0 < r44p1
cpe:2.3:a:arm:valhall_gpu_kernel_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ r19p0 < r44p1

Affected products

Product	Versions
Arm Ltd · Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver	affected r17p0 < r44p1
Arm Ltd · Valhall GPU Kernel Driver	affected r19p0 < r44p1
Arm Ltd · Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver	affected r41p0 < r44p1

References

https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD