CVE-2021-34375 Memory corruption in NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier series, Jetson Xavier NX, Jetson TX2 series, Jetson TX2 NX

High 7.7 Published 30 Jun 2021 Updated 4 Aug 2024

Attackers can exploit non-randomized stack cookies in NVIDIA Jetson trusted applications to cause buffer overflows, leading to privilege escalation, denial of service, or information disclosure.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2021-34375?

CVE-2021-34375 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier series, Jetson Xavier NX, Jetson TX2 series, Jetson TX2 NX, published on 30 Jun 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Trusty contains a vulnerability in all trusted applications (TAs) where the stack cookie was not randomized, which might result in stack-based buffer overflow, leading to denial of service, escalation of privileges, and information disclosure.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-34375?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nvidia Jetson Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2021-34375?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-34375 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2021-34375 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-34375 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5c3m-99wv-xc22.