CVE-2019-5680

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-07-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

In NVIDIA Jetson TX1 L4T R32 version branch prior to R32.2, Tegra bootloader contains a vulnerability in nvtboot in which the nvtboot-cpu image is loaded without the load address first being validated, which may lead to code execution, denial of service, or escalation of privileges.

Affected products

NVIDIA Jetson Tx1 Firmware: before r32.2 — fixed in r32.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NVIDIA Jetson Tx1 Firmware r32.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109341
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4804
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4835
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109341
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4804
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4835

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