VDB-230533 · CVE-2023-28147 · EUVD-2023-31858

ARM Mali GPU Kernel Driver GPU Memory memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in ARM Mali GPU Kernel Driver. The affected element is an unknown function of the component GPU Memory Handler. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2023-28147. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ARM Mali GPU Kernel Driver (Hardware Driver Software) (affected version not known). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component GPU Memory Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in the Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver. A non-privileged user can make improper GPU processing operations to gain access to already freed memory. This affects Midgard r29p0 through r32p0, Bifrost r17p0 through r42p0 before r43p0, Valhall r19p0 through r42p0 before r43p0, and Arm's GPU Architecture Gen5 r41p0 through r42p0 before r43p0.

The weakness was presented 06/02/2023. The advisory is shared at developer.arm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-28147 since 03/12/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-31858). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Hardware Driver Software

Vendor

Name

Mali GPU Kernel Driver

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

03/12/2023 🔍
06/02/2023 +81 days 🔍
06/02/2023 +0 days 🔍
12/01/2025 +913 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: developer.arm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-28147 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-28147
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-230533
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 06/02/2023 12:27
Updated: 12/01/2025 14:04
Changes: 06/02/2023 12:27 (39), 06/29/2023 09:45 (10), 01/09/2025 22:44 (24), 12/01/2025 14:04 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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