What is CVE-2019-5680?

CVE-2019-5680 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Jetson Tx1, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2019-07-19.

How severe is CVE-2019-5680?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Improper input validation in NVIDIA Jetson Tx1

CVE-2019-5680

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.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2019-07-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (36.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 36.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

NVIDIA Jetson Tx1
NVIDIA Jetson Tx1 Firmware
NVIDIA Jetson Tx1 — versions R32 versions prior to 32.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4835 (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/109341 (vdb-entry)
nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4804

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5680?: CVE-2019-5680 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Jetson Tx1, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2019-07-19.
How severe is CVE-2019-5680?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.