Use After Free in Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver
CVE-2025-0073
Use After Free vulnerability in Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver, Arm Ltd Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver allows a local non-privileged user process to perform improper GPU memory processing operations to gain access to already freed memory.This issue affects Valhall GPU Kernel Driver: from r53p0 before r54p0; Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver: from r53p0 before r54p0.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (3.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 4th percentile — 3.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver — versions r53p0
- Arm Valhall GPU Kernel Driver — versions r53p0
- Arm Ltd 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver — versions r53p0
- Arm Ltd Valhall GPU Kernel Driver — versions r53p0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- developer.arm.com/documentation/110466/latest/ (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-0073?
- CVE-2025-0073 is a high-severity vulnerability in Arm 5th Gen GPU Architecture Kernel Driver, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-06-02.
- How severe is CVE-2025-0073?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.