CVE-2025-0050: Mali GPU Userspace Driver allows an Out-of-Bounds access

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-04-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Userspace Driver, Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Userspace Driver, Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Userspace Driver allows a non-privileged user process to make valid GPU processing operations, including via WebGL or WebGPU, to access a limited amount outside of buffer bounds.This issue affects Bifrost GPU Userspace Driver: from r0p0 through r49p2, from r50p0 through r51p0; Valhall GPU Userspace Driver: from r19p0 through r49p2, from r50p0 through r53p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Userspace Driver: from r41p0 through r49p2, from r50p0 through r53p0.

Affected products

Arm 5Th Gen Gpu Architecture Userspace Driver: from r41p0 before r49p3; from r50p0 before r54p0 — fixed in r49p3, r54p0
Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Userspace Driver: from r0p0 before r49p3; from r50p0 through r51p0 — fixed in r49p3
Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Userspace Driver: from r19p0 before r49p3; from r50p0 before r54p0 — fixed in r49p3, r54p0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Arm 5Th Gen Gpu Architecture Userspace Driver r49p3, r54p0; Arm Ltd Bifrost GPU Userspace Driver r49p3; Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Userspace Driver r49p3, r54p0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://developer.arm.com/documentation/110435/latest/

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