CVE-2019-5680 Code injection in NVIDIA Jetson TX1
Attackers can execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges by exploiting missing load address validation in the NVIDIA Jetson TX1 bootloader.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-5680?
CVE-2019-5680 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in NVIDIA Jetson TX1, published on 19 Jul 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In NVIDIA Jetson TX1 L4T R32 version branch prior to R32.2, Tegra bootloader contains a vulnerability in nvtboot in which the nvtboot-cpu image is loaded without the load address first being validated, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, or escalation of privileges.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5680?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Jetson Tx1 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5680?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5680 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2019-5680 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5680 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xq52-whfh-4w3m.