{"id":74797,"date":"2025-09-14T12:10:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T12:10:01","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-23T04:01:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T10:01:29","slug":"cve-2025-25180-underprivileged-software-manipulates-gpu-system-calls-for-unauthorized-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-25180-underprivileged-software-manipulates-gpu-system-calls-for-unauthorized-access\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-25180: Underprivileged Software Manipulates GPU System Calls for Unauthorized Access<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE-2025-25180 is a critical vulnerability that allows software run by a non-privileged user to make improper GPU system calls, and consequently gain unauthorized access. This essentially allows the software to manipulate the GPU hardware into arbitrary physical memory page writes. This vulnerability is of particular concern because it can potentially compromise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46658-critical-security-vulnerability-in-exonautweb-s-4c-strategies-exonaut-21-6\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82530\">system<\/a> security or lead to data leakage. It poses a significant threat to any system that relies on the affected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-41148-serious-code-injection-vulnerability-in-robot-operating-system-ros\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"88943\">software<\/a> and hardware for its operations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-25180<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS score of 7.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Local<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-22404-potential-system-compromise-due-to-use-after-free-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85548\">System compromise<\/a> or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-728446980\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>[Product A] | [Version 1.0 to 2.5]<br \/>\n[Product B] | [Version 3.7 and earlier]<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit works by taking advantage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3931-yggdrasil-s-flaw-opens-door-to-local-privilege-escalation-and-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91363\">flaw in the GPU system<\/a> calls. A non-privileged user initiates the software to make improper GPU system calls, which then manipulates the GPU hardware to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43300-out-of-bounds-write-issue-in-macos-and-ios-resulting-in-memory-corruption\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84414\">write to arbitrary physical memory<\/a> pages. Under certain circumstances, this could be used to corrupt data pages not allocated by the GPU driver but memory pages in use by the kernel and drivers running on the platform, thereby altering their behavior and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2022-45134-critical-vulnerability-in-mahara-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82910\">potentially leading to system<\/a> compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2627010463\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Here is a rough conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">#!\/bin\/bash\n# Improper GPU system call\ngpu_syscall -write arbitrarymempage<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this conceptual example, the non-privileged user uses a script to make an improper GPU system call, forcing the GPU to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47129-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability-in-adobe-framemaker-with-potential-for-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"86913\">write to an arbitrary<\/a> memory page. This could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7775-critical-memory-overflow-vulnerability-in-netscaler-adc-and-gateway-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83779\">lead to the corruption of important system data and potentially<\/a> compromise the entire system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Mitigate the Vulnerability<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The best mitigation is to immediately apply the vendor patch as soon as it is available. It is also advisable to use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) as a temporary measure until the patch is applied. These measures will help protect the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-45968-insecure-direct-object-reference-vulnerability-in-system-pdv-v1-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83002\">system from being compromised through this vulnerability<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview CVE-2025-25180 is a critical vulnerability that allows software run by a non-privileged user to make improper GPU system calls, and consequently gain unauthorized access. This essentially allows the software to manipulate the GPU hardware into arbitrary physical memory page writes. 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