CVE-2026-34194 Use after free in Graphics DDK
A non-privileged user can exploit a GPU driver flaw to read or write arbitrary physical memory, potentially leading to code execution or privilege escalation on Android devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-34194?
CVE-2026-34194 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Imagination Technologies Graphics DDK, published on 8 Jun 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Software installed and run as a non-privileged user may conduct improper GPU system calls to cause mismanagement of a mapping state maintained for a sparse memory allocation.
The product accidentally refers to the wrong memory due to the semantics of how math operations are implicitly scaled across buffers of different sizes.
Weakness: CWE-468
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-34194?
How do I fix CVE-2026-34194?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2026-34194 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-34194 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as A-489979337, ASB-A-489979337, GHSA-4fp7-72xg-c4hc.