EUVD-2025-16700Vulnerability Assessment
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OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2021 - Vulnerable and Outdated Components
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Memory lifecycle management
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Execution, Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS 7.5 (High). KEV-listed — actively exploited. Browser-triggerable kernel vulnerability. Affects Chrome on majority of Android devices. No user interaction beyond visiting a page. EPSS 1.1%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A target visits a malicious webpage on Chrome for Android. The page contains crafted WebGL/Canvas content that triggers the Adreno GPU driver use-after-free through Chrome's rendering pipeline. The kernel memory corruption is exploited to gain kernel-level code execution, bypassing Android's entire security model. The attacker installs persistent spyware with full device access. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 14, 2026
Qualcomm Adreno GPU drivers in Chrome contain a use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2025-27038, CVSS 7.5) enabling memory corruption during graphics rendering. KEV-listed, this vulnerability can be triggered through Chrome on Android devices with Qualcomm chipsets, providing a kernel-level exploitation path from web content.
Earlier versions of this analysis (1)
Qualcomm Adreno GPU drivers contain a use-after-free vulnerability (CWE-416) triggered during graphics rendering in Chrome, leading to memory corruption that can be exploited for kernel-level code execution on affected Android devices.
RemediationAI
Apply Android security patch and update Chrome. Ensure auto-updates are enabled. Enterprise: enforce minimum patch levels via MDM.
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When Chrome renders graphics on Android devices with Qualcomm Adreno GPUs, it interacts with the kernel-level GPU driver. The use-after-free in the Adreno driver can be triggered by crafted WebGL or Canvas operations in web content. Because the GPU driver runs in kernel context, successful exploitation provides kernel-level access — bypassing Android's app sandbox and all OS-level security.
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2DescriptionCVE.org
Memory corruption while rendering graphics using Adreno GPU drivers in Chrome.
Executive ViewAI
CVE-2025-27038 is an actively exploited memory corruption vulnerability affecting Chrome users with Adreno GPU drivers, posing immediate risk of system compromise through malicious graphics rendering. Organizations must assume this threat is being actively weaponized and take urgent steps to limit exposure across their user base.
Disable GPU hardware acceleration in Chrome (chrome://settings/system); implement network segmentation isolating affected endpoints; deploy WAF rules blocking known malicious payloads if available; enforce Content Security Policy headers; restrict user access to high-risk websites; increase endpoint detection and response (EDR) monitoring for memory corruption attack signatures; consider temporary browser restrictions until patch availability.
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Memory corruption occurs when a program writes data beyond the boundaries of allocated memory regions or accesses memory in unintended ways, violating the integrity of the process's address space.
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