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CVE-2021-1069

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-01-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

NVIDIA SHIELD TV, all versions prior to 8.2.2, contains a vulnerability in the NVHost function, which may lead to abnormal reboot due to a null pointer reference, causing data loss.

Affected products

• NVIDIA Linux For Tegra: before r32.5 — fixed in r32.5
• NVIDIA SHIELD TV: before 8.2.2 — fixed in 8.2.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NVIDIA Linux For Tegra r32.5; NVIDIA SHIELD TV 8.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5147
• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5148
• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5147
• https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5148

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