PT-2018-17434 · Nvidia · Nvidia Tegra

Published 2018-05-01 · Updated 2018-06-13 · CVE-2018-6242

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NVIDIA Tegra mobile processors (affected versions not specified)

Description A buffer overflow issue exists in the BootROM Recovery Mode (RCM) of certain NVIDIA Tegra mobile processors. This could allow an attacker with physical access to the device's USB and the ability to force the device to reboot into RCM to execute unverified code.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-6242

Affected Products

Nvidia Tegra

References · 9

• 🔥 https://github.com/DavidBuchanan314/NXLoader · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/reswitched/rcm-modchips · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/ChrisFigura/react-tegra-payload-launcher · Exploit
• 🔥❌ https://github.com/Apasys/Nephael-Nintendo-CVE-2018-6242 · Exploit, Deleted
• 🔥❌ https://github.com/Haruster/Haruster-Nintendo-CVE-2018-6242 · Exploit, Deleted
• 🔥❌ https://github.com/Haruster/Nephael-Nintendo-CVE-2018-6242 · Exploit, Deleted
• 🔥❌ https://github.com/Nephael/Nephael-Nintendo-CVE-2018-6242 · Exploit, Deleted
• http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4660 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6242 · Security Note