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title: "CVE-2023-4211: Mali GPU Kernel Driver Allows Improper GPU… | CubePath"
description: "A local non-privileged user can make improper GPU memory processing operations to gain access to already freed memory."
language: en
source: https://cubepath.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4211
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# CVE-2023-4211: Mali GPU Kernel Driver Allows Improper GPU… | CubePath

## Description

A local non-privileged user can make improper GPU memory processing operations to gain access to already freed memory.

Official description from the CVE record, published by Arm. Copyright © 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CVE license. [View the record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4211)

## Key data

### CVSS 3.1 Medium 5.5

Score published by CISA-ADP in the CVE record.

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

| Metric                 | Value     | What it means                                                                             |
| ---------------------- | --------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Attack vector          | Local     | The attacker needs local access to the system, or to trick a user into running something. |
| Attack complexity      | Low       | No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.                     |
| Privileges required    | Low       | A basic user account is needed.                                                           |
| User interaction       | None      | No action from any user is needed.                                                        |
| Scope                  | Unchanged | The impact stays within the vulnerable component.                                         |
| Confidentiality impact | High      | Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.                                           |
| Integrity impact       | None      | No effect on the trustworthiness of data.                                                 |
| Availability impact    | None      | No effect on availability.                                                                |

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### EPSS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.

Score

0.00977 (1.0% probability)

Percentile

62.4%

Scores of

Nov 10, 2026

Model

v2026.06.15

### CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

This CVE is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Name in the catalog

Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Added to the catalog

Oct 3, 2023

Federal due date

Oct 24, 2023

### CISA assessment as of Nov 15, 2023

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) decision points added by CISA.

Exploitation

Recorded by CISA as active

Automatable

no

Technical impact

total

### Weakness (CWE)

CWE catalog version 5.0.

CWE names: Copyright © 2006-2026, The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CWE license.

- [CWE-416](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html) Use After Free

## Affected products

Products listed in the CVE record, as the CNA published them.

- Arm Ltd Midgard GPU Kernel Driver

  - affected: r12p0 up to r32p0
- Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver

  - affected: r0p0 up to r42p0
- Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver

  - affected: r19p0 up to r42p0
- Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver

  - affected: r41p0 up to r42p0

## References

Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control.

- [developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driv…](https://developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities)

## Timeline

1. ID reserved Aug 7, 2023
2. Record published Oct 1, 2023
3. Added to CISA KEV Oct 3, 2023
4. Record last updated Oct 21, 2025

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