CVE-2019-5700 Code injection in NVIDIA SHIELD TV

High 7.8 Published 9 Oct 2019 Updated 4 Aug 2024

Attackers can execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, cause denial of service, or disclose information due to missing boot image validation in the bootloader.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2019-5700?

CVE-2019-5700 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in NVIDIA SHIELD TV, published on 9 Oct 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

NVIDIA Shield TV Experience prior to v8.0.1, NVIDIA Tegra software contains a vulnerability in the bootloader, where it does not validate the fields of the boot image, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, and information disclosure.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5700?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nvidia Shield Experience.

How do I fix CVE-2019-5700?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5700 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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Is CVE-2019-5700 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5700 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2rj6-jjxr-v6wr.