Critical severity · published Aug 24, 2022
CVE-2022-20122
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
9.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 35% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AN
Android · Google
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20122
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-20122
Vendor Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2022-08-01
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