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CVE-2021-28664

HIGHCISA KEV

8.8

Description

The Arm Mali GPU kernel driver allows privilege escalation or a denial of service (memory corruption) because an unprivileged user can achieve read/write access to read-only pages. This affects Bifrost r0p0 through r29p0 before r30p0, Valhall r19p0 through r29p0 before r30p0, and Midgard r8p0 through r30p0 before r31p0.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score8.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published5/10/2021

Last Modified11/3/2025

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorArm

ProductMali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)

Vulnerability NameArm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Unspecified Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2021-11-03

Remediation Due Date2021-11-17

Ransomware UseUnknown

Affected Products

arm:bifrost_gpu_kernel_driverarm:midgard_gpu_kernel_driverarm:valhall_gpu_kernel_driver

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787CWE-787

References

https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities(cve@mitre.org)

https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates(cve@mitre.org)

https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/mali-gpu-kernel-driver(cve@mitre.org)

https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/mali-gpu-kernel-driver(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-28664(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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