CVE-2018-6242

Published: May 1, 2018Modified: Jun 17, 2026

6.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 0.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

Some NVIDIA Tegra mobile processors released prior to 2016 contain a buffer overflow vulnerability in BootROM Recovery Mode (RCM). An attacker with physical access to the device's USB and the ability to force the device to reboot into RCM could exploit the vulnerability to execute unverified code.

Affected (1)

Products: Nvidia: Tegra Bootrom Rcm

1 product

Tegra Bootrom Rcm

Configuration A

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Nvidia Tegra Bootrom Rcm	All versions

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Nvidia Tegra Mobile Processor	All versions

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (2)

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4660

Source: psirt@nvidia.com

Vendor Advisory

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4660

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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