Use After Free in Imaginationtech Ddk
CVE-2025-13952
A web page that contains unusual GPU shader code is loaded from the Internet into the GPU compiler process triggers a write use-after-free crash in the GPU shader compiler library. On certain platforms, when the compiler process has system privileges this could enable further exploits on the device. The shader code contained in the web page executes a path in the compiler that held onto an out of date pointer, pointing to a freed memory object.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (38.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 38.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Imaginationtech Ddk
- Imagination Technologies Graphics Ddk — versions 1.17 RTM, 1.18 RTM, 23.2 RTM
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- 367425dc-4d06-4041-9650-c2dc6aaa27ce (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-13952?
- CVE-2025-13952 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Imaginationtech Ddk, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-01-24.
- How severe is CVE-2025-13952?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.