CVE-2018-6242: nvidia corporation some nvidia tegra mobile processors

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-6242 is a high (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability in nvidia corporation some nvidia tegra mobile processors. EPSS estimates a 2.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 01-05-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 16-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe 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.