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TI-2019-04025 Aliases CVE-2019-5679GHSA-rjg6-f836-fcpw

Improper authentication in NVIDIA SHIELD TV

Priority LOW 34CWE-287Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.

Summary

NVIDIA Shield TV Experience prior to v8.0, NVIDIA Tegra bootloader contains a vulnerability in nvtboot where the Trusted OS image is improperly authenticated, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, and information disclosure, code execution, denial of service, or escalation of privileges

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00396 34th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
NVIDIASHIELD TVSHIELD Experience prior to v8.0—No fix listedCNA
  • SHIELD TV VendorNVIDIA Affected SHIELD Experience prior to v8.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:shield_experience:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 8.0VulnerableNVIDIA
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0Running onGoogle
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.1Running onGoogle
  • cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:shield_experience:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 8.0 Vulnerable ·NVIDIA
  • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 Running on ·Google
  • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.1 Running on ·Google

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-5679
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rjg6-f836-fcpw

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2019-04046 Improper input validation in NVIDIA SHIELD TV CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2019-04045 Memory corruption in NVIDIA SHIELD TV CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2021-13438 Use after free in NVIDIA SHIELD TV CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2021-13436 Improper access control in NVIDIA SHIELD TV CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2021-00835 NVIDIA Linux kernel distributions contain a vulnerability in nvmap NVMAP_IOC_WRITE*… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2021-00834 Out-of-bounds write in NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier series, Jetson Xavier NX, Jetson TX2… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
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Sources

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