CVE-2018-6242

Severity Score

6.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Algunas distribuciones de procesadores móviles NVIDIA Tegra anteriores al 2016 contienen una vulnerabilidad de desbordamiento de búfer en BootROM Recovery Mode (RCM). Un atacante con acceso físico al USB del dispositivo y la capacidad para forzar que el dispositivo se reinicie en RCM podría explotar esta vulnerabilidad para ejecutar código no verificado.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Physical

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-01-25 CVE Reserved
2018-05-01 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

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

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4660	2018-06-13

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Nvidia Search vendor "Nvidia"	Tegra Bootrom Rcm Search vendor "Nvidia" for product "Tegra Bootrom Rcm"	-	-	Affected	in	Nvidia Search vendor "Nvidia"	Tegra Mobile Processor Search vendor "Nvidia" for product "Tegra Mobile Processor"	-	-	Safe