Integer overflow in nVidia products - CVE-2021-34385

 

Integer overflow in nVidia products - CVE-2021-34385

Published: June 21, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU54271
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-34385
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: nVidia
Affected software:
Jetson TX1
Jetson TX2 series
Jetson TX2 NX
Jetson AGX Xavier series
Jetson Xavier NX
Jetson Nano
Jetson Nano 2GB

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in the NVIDIA TLK kernel. A local administrator can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2021-34385

Install updates from vendor's website.

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