CVE-2022-22706
Published 2022-03-03 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source cve@mitre.org
Summary
CVE-2022-22706 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in Arm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on March 30, 2023, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by April 20, 2023. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Arm has 9 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 0 of them linked to ransomware.
All 9 known-exploited Arm vulnerabilities →Description
Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows a non-privileged user to achieve write access to read-only memory pages. This affects Midgard r26p0 through r31p0, Bifrost r0p0 through r35p0, and Valhall r19p0 through r35p0.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Arm — Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Name: Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Unspecified Vulnerability
Date added: 2023-03-30 · Due: 2023-04-20
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates
- https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/mali-gpu-kernel-driver
- https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates
- https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/mali-gpu-kernel-driver
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-22706

