CVE-2021-28664

Summary

CVECVE-2021-28664
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-05-10 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-12-13 13:51:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Arm Mali GPU kernel driver allows privilege escalation or a denial of service (memory corruption) because an unprivileged user can achieve read/write access to read-only pages. This affects Bifrost r0p0 through r29p0 before r30p0, Valhall r19p0 through r29p0 before r30p0, and Midgard r8p0 through r30p0 before r31p0.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.002050000 probability, percentile 0.426090000 (date 2026-04-01)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2021-11-03; due 2021-11-17; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-787

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorArm
ProductMali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
NameArm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Unspecified Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28664

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Arm Bifrost Gpu Kernel Driver All All All All
Application Arm Midgard Gpu Kernel Driver All All All All
Application Arm Midguard Gpu Kernel Driver All All All All
Application Arm Valhall Gpu Kernel Driver All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Arm Security Center MISC developer.arm.com
developer.arm.com/Arm%20Security%20Center/Mali%20GPU%20Driver%20Vulnerabilities MISC developer.arm.com
Arm Security Updates | Mali GPU Driver Vulnerabilities – Arm Developer CONFIRM developer.arm.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 610338 Google Android Devices May 2021 Security Patch Missing
© CVE.report 2026 |

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report