CVE-2018-6242

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 6.8 Medium

Status

Modified - psirt@nvidia.com

Published

2018-05-01

Last modified

2024-09-16

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Tegra Bootrom Rcm (Nvidia)
• Some Nvidia Tegra Mobile Processors (Nvidia Corporation)

References

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