CVE-2024-4610
CVE-2024-4610 is a security flaw in Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver, the graphics chip design in many Android phones. Attackers can corrupt memory in Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver, which they use to take it over. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added it to its catalog of flaws known to be used in attacks on 12 Jun 2024.[1]
Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver is in things households have, such as phones, computers, browsers and everyday apps, so the fix matters at home as much as at work. Arm has published a fix or advice.
Description
CISA calls it an use-after-free in Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver. In its words: “Arm Bifrost and Valhall GPU kernel drivers contain a use-after-free vulnerability that allows a local, non-privileged user to make improper GPU memory processing operations to gain access to already freed memory.”[1]
The CVE record adds: “Use After Free vulnerability in Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver allows a local non-privileged user to make improper GPU memory processing operations to gain access to already freed memory.This issue affects Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver: from r34p0 through r40p0; Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: from r34p0 through r40p0.”[2]
The underlying weakness is use after free (CWE-416), in MITRE’s list of common software weaknesses.
It scores 7.8 out of 10 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System, which rates it high, scored by NVD using CVSS 3.1.[2]
Affected versions
NVD’s record doesn’t list version ranges for it; Arm’s advisory has them[3]. CISA names the product as Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver.
Every device with Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver needs the update.
Exploitation
CISA added it to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities on 12 Jun 2024, 5 days after it was made public. CISA lists a flaw only when it has reliable evidence of it being exploited, and gave US federal agencies until 3 Jul 2024 to fix it.[1]
FIRST’s Exploit Prediction Scoring System, which estimates how likely a flaw is to be used in attacks in the next 30 days from what it sees across the internet, puts it at under 1%. That’s in the top 45% of the flaws it scores.[4]
CISA assesses it as not automatable: each attack takes some work.
CISA doesn’t say who was attacked, or how.
Fix
Arm has published a fix or advice.[3] CISA’s required action: “Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.”[1]
- Update Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver now.Install the latest update from Arm on every device that has it, and restart when asked. Then turn on automatic updates, so the next fix arrives on its own.
- If there’s no update, stop using it.CISA’s advice when a flaw being used in attacks has no fix is to stop using the product until it does.
Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| The flaw is made public in the National Vulnerability Database, with a severity score of 7.8.[2] | |
| CISA adds it to its catalog of flaws known to be used in attacks.[1] | |
| CISA’s deadline for US government agencies to fix it.[1] | |
| FIRST puts the odds of it being used in attacks in the next 30 days at under 1%.[4] |
See also
Other Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver flaws
- CVE-2023-4211: use-after-free ·
Other Arm flaws
- CVE-2021-29256, Arm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU): mali GPU kernel driver use-after-free ·
- CVE-2023-26083, Arm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU): mali GPU kernel driver information disclosure ·
- CVE-2022-38181, Arm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU): mali GPU kernel driver use-after-free ·
- CVE-2022-22706, Arm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU): mali GPU kernel driver unspecified ·
- CVE-2021-28664, Arm Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU): unspecified ·
Other use after free flaws
- CVE-2026-109619, PHP: stale internal request-state ·
- CVE-2026-109618, PHP: memory corruption ·
- CVE-2026-68820, Microsoft Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock: use-after-free ·
- CVE-2010-0249, Microsoft Internet Explorer: use-after-free ·
- CVE-2020-9715, Adobe Acrobat: use-after-free ·
Added the same day
- CVE-2024-4577, PHP: PHP-CGI OS command injection ·
Every Arm flaw on CISA’s list · Everything added in June 2024
References
- ^ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. “Arm Mali GPU Kernel Driver Use-After-Free Vulnerability”. Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, added 12 Jun 2024.
- ^ National Institute of Standards and Technology. “CVE-2024-4610 Detail”. National Vulnerability Database, published 7 Jun 2024.
- ^ Arm. Advisories and fixes: developer.arm.com.
- ^ FIRST. “Exploit Prediction Scoring System”. EPSS 0.008, percentile 55.4, 31 Oct 2026.
- CVE Program. “CVE-2024-4610”. The official CVE record.
This article is built from CISA’s catalog (version 2026.10.30), NVD’s record and FIRST’s scores, kept in HARD’s database and checked every morning. The plain English is HARD’s.