CVE-2018-6242

moderate-risk
Published 2018-05-01

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.

Do I need to act?

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11.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 88% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 6.8/10 Medium
PHYSICAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Nvidia

References (2)

Vendor Advisory http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4660
Vendor Advisory http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4660
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moderate-risk
Severity 22/34 · High
Exploitability 11/34 · Low
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal