Google Android PowerVR GPU Driver memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Google Android. This impacts an unknown function of the component PowerVR GPU Driver. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2022-20122. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (affected version unknown). This affects an unknown functionality of the component PowerVR GPU Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The PowerVR GPU driver allows unprivileged apps to allocated pinned memory, unpin it (which makes it available to be freed), and continue using the page in GPU calls. No privileges required and this results in kernel memory corruption.Product: AndroidVersions: Android SoCAndroid ID: A-232441339

The weakness was disclosed 08/25/2022 as A-232441339. The advisory is shared at source.android.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-20122 since 10/14/2021. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/25/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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10/14/2021 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: A-232441339
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-20122 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-20122
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-207117
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917

Entryinfo

Created: 08/25/2022 08:54
Updated: 09/25/2022 14:30
Changes: 08/25/2022 08:54 (41), 09/25/2022 14:30 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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