CVE-2021-34402 Memory corruption in SHIELD TV
High-privilege users can exploit NVIDIA NVDEC driver to read/write out-of-bounds memory, causing DoS, data leaks, or privilege escalation.
- 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-2021-34402?
CVE-2021-34402 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in NVIDIA SHIELD TV, published on 18 Jan 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NVIDIA Tegra kernel driver contains a vulnerability in NVIDIA NVDEC, where a user with high privileges might be able to read from or write to a memory location that is outside the intended boundary of the buffer, which may lead to denial of service, Information disclosure, loss of Integrity, or possible escalation of privileges.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-34402?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Shield Experience.
How do I fix CVE-2021-34402?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-34402 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-2021-34402 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-34402 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in NVIDIA SHIELD TV
Sources
Also known as GHSA-983j-gj2g-5xg2.