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TI-2021-13437 Aliases CVE-2021-34402GHSA-983j-gj2g-5xg2

Improper access control in NVIDIA SHIELD TV

Priority LOW 29CWE-284Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-284, CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00286 21st 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 TVAll versions prior to SE 9.0—No fix listedCNA
  • SHIELD TV VendorNVIDIA Affected All versions prior to SE 9.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:shield_experience:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 9.0VulnerableNVIDIA
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onGoogle
  • cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:shield_experience:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 9.0 Vulnerable ·NVIDIA
  • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Google

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 4 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-34402
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-983j-gj2g-5xg2

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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