Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU107122

Improper privilege management in PowerVR GPU DDK - CVE-2024-43702

Published: April 7, 2025

Vulnerability identifier: #VU107122

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-43702

CWE-ID: CWE-269

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local application to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to MLIST/PM render state buffers writable. A local application can write data to arbitrary kernel memory pages.

PowerVR GPU DDK
Google Android

Install updates from vendor's website.

PowerVR GPU DDK - update to 24.2.1
Google Android - addressed in versions 13 2025-04-05, 14 2025-04-05, 15 2025-04-05