CVE-2019-5679 — 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

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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

Published Aug 6, 2019

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.40%

Description

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

Affected products

Vendor NVIDIA Product Shield TV Default
n/a
- Version
  SHIELD Experience prior to v8.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

NVIDIA

Shield TV

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
SHIELD Experience prior to v8.0	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.40% 0.00396

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00396

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	0.40% (0.00396)	31.41th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.40% (0.00396)	33.59th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	12.95th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 25, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	12.27th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00044)	10.26th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.04% (0.01036)	43.31th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.04% (0.01036)	39.16th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	2.76% (0.02763)	63.78th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	1.67% (0.01665)	34.27th	v1
Jan 6, 2022	1.67% (0.01665)	33.57th	v1
Jan 5, 2022	0.38% (0.00376)	7.53th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.38% (0.00376)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

References (1)

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4804
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4804		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner nvidia

Published Aug 6, 2019

Updated Aug 4, 2024

Reserved Jan 7, 2019

Link CVE-2019-5679

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2019-5679

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2019-5679