VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-6242

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.69%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-05-01
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Primary references