CVE-2024-46974

High

Published: 31 January 2025

Published

31 January 2025

Modified

15 April 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score 0.0009 25.2th percentile

Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-46974 is a high-severity Incorrect Privilege Assignment (CWE-266) vulnerability in Imaginationtech (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 25.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-6 (Least Privilege) and SC-4 (Information in Shared System Resources).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2024-46974 affects the Imagination Technologies GPU driver, where software installed and run as a non-privileged user can conduct improper read/write operations on imported/exported DMA buffers. This vulnerability, published on 2025-01-31, is linked to CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment for Critical Resource) and CWE-274 (Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges or Quota). It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating high severity due to significant impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

A local attacker with low privileges can exploit this issue through low-complexity means without requiring user interaction. Exploitation allows improper access to DMA buffers, potentially enabling arbitrary read/write operations that compromise system security, data exposure, modification of critical resources, or denial of service.

Imagination Technologies has issued an advisory detailing GPU driver vulnerabilities, including CVE-2024-46974, available at https://www.imaginationtech.com/gpu-driver-vulnerabilities/. Security practitioners should review this reference for specific patch information, mitigation steps, and affected driver versions.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-42208

Vulnerability details

Software installed and run as a non-privileged user may conduct improper read/write operations on imported/exported DMA buffers.

CWE(s): CWE-266 CWE-274

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation

Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.

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Why these techniques?

Local low-priv DMA buffer R/W in kernel driver directly enables exploitation for privilege escalation to achieve arbitrary code execution and full system compromise.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1