CVE-2018-6242
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-05-01 20:00
Modified
2024-09-16 16:53
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
psirt@nvidia.comhttp://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4660Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4660Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Nvidia Corporation Some NVIDIA Tegra Mobile Processors Version: n/a
 Create a notification for this product.
Show details on NVD website

To clipboard 

{
   containers: {
      adp: [
         {
            providerMetadata: {
               dateUpdated: "2024-08-05T06:01:47.693Z",
               orgId: "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
               shortName: "CVE",
            },
            references: [
               {
                  tags: [
                     "x_refsource_CONFIRM",
                     "x_transferred",
                  ],
                  url: "http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4660",
               },
            ],
            title: "CVE Program Container",
         },
      ],
      cna: {
         affected: [
            {
               product: "Some NVIDIA Tegra Mobile Processors",
               vendor: "Nvidia Corporation",
               versions: [
                  {
                     status: "affected",
                     version: "n/a",
                  },
               ],
            },
         ],
         datePublic: "2018-04-24T00:00:00",
         descriptions: [
            {
               lang: "en",
               value: "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.",
            },
         ],
         problemTypes: [
            {
               descriptions: [
                  {
                     description: "Code execution, escalation of privileges, and information disclosure",
                     lang: "en",
                     type: "text",
                  },
               ],
            },
         ],
         providerMetadata: {
            dateUpdated: "2018-05-01T19:57:01",
            orgId: "9576f279-3576-44b5-a4af-b9a8644b2de6",
            shortName: "nvidia",
         },
         references: [
            {
               tags: [
                  "x_refsource_CONFIRM",
               ],
               url: "http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4660",
            },
         ],
         x_legacyV4Record: {
            CVE_data_meta: {
               ASSIGNER: "psirt@nvidia.com",
               DATE_PUBLIC: "2018-04-24T00:00:00",
               ID: "CVE-2018-6242",
               STATE: "PUBLIC",
            },
            affects: {
               vendor: {
                  vendor_data: [
                     {
                        product: {
                           product_data: [
                              {
                                 product_name: "Some NVIDIA Tegra Mobile Processors",
                                 version: {
                                    version_data: [
                                       {
                                          version_value: "n/a",
                                       },
                                    ],
                                 },
                              },
                           ],
                        },
                        vendor_name: "Nvidia Corporation",
                     },
                  ],
               },
            },
            data_format: "MITRE",
            data_type: "CVE",
            data_version: "4.0",
            description: {
               description_data: [
                  {
                     lang: "eng",
                     value: "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.",
                  },
               ],
            },
            problemtype: {
               problemtype_data: [
                  {
                     description: [
                        {
                           lang: "eng",
                           value: "Code execution, escalation of privileges, and information disclosure",
                        },
                     ],
                  },
               ],
            },
            references: {
               reference_data: [
                  {
                     name: "http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4660",
                     refsource: "CONFIRM",
                     url: "http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4660",
                  },
               ],
            },
         },
      },
   },
   cveMetadata: {
      assignerOrgId: "9576f279-3576-44b5-a4af-b9a8644b2de6",
      assignerShortName: "nvidia",
      cveId: "CVE-2018-6242",
      datePublished: "2018-05-01T20:00:00Z",
      dateReserved: "2018-01-25T00:00:00",
      dateUpdated: "2024-09-16T16:53:48.144Z",
      state: "PUBLISHED",
   },
   dataType: "CVE_RECORD",
   dataVersion: "5.1",
   "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
      nvd: "{\"cve\":{\"id\":\"CVE-2018-6242\",\"sourceIdentifier\":\"psirt@nvidia.com\",\"published\":\"2018-05-01T20:29:00.280\",\"lastModified\":\"2024-11-21T04:10:22.050\",\"vulnStatus\":\"Modified\",\"cveTags\":[],\"descriptions\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"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.\"},{\"lang\":\"es\",\"value\":\"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.\"}],\"metrics\":{\"cvssMetricV30\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"3.0\",\"vectorString\":\"CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H\",\"baseScore\":6.8,\"baseSeverity\":\"MEDIUM\",\"attackVector\":\"PHYSICAL\",\"attackComplexity\":\"LOW\",\"privilegesRequired\":\"NONE\",\"userInteraction\":\"NONE\",\"scope\":\"UNCHANGED\",\"confidentialityImpact\":\"HIGH\",\"integrityImpact\":\"HIGH\",\"availabilityImpact\":\"HIGH\"},\"exploitabilityScore\":0.9,\"impactScore\":5.9}],\"cvssMetricV2\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"2.0\",\"vectorString\":\"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C\",\"baseScore\":7.2,\"accessVector\":\"LOCAL\",\"accessComplexity\":\"LOW\",\"authentication\":\"NONE\",\"confidentialityImpact\":\"COMPLETE\",\"integrityImpact\":\"COMPLETE\",\"availabilityImpact\":\"COMPLETE\"},\"baseSeverity\":\"HIGH\",\"exploitabilityScore\":3.9,\"impactScore\":10.0,\"acInsufInfo\":true,\"obtainAllPrivilege\":false,\"obtainUserPrivilege\":false,\"obtainOtherPrivilege\":false,\"userInteractionRequired\":false}]},\"weaknesses\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"description\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"CWE-119\"}]}],\"configurations\":[{\"operator\":\"AND\",\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:tegra_bootrom_rcm:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"E62076A6-C90A-4FEA-8A94-0353B3C023E1\"}]},{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":false,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:tegra_mobile_processor:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"243D76E2-2B5C-409A-9211-3D6054AF6F63\"}]}]}],\"references\":[{\"url\":\"http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4660\",\"source\":\"psirt@nvidia.com\",\"tags\":[\"Vendor Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4660\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Vendor Advisory\"]}]}}",
   },
}


Log in or create an account to share your comment.

Security Advisory comment format.

This schema specifies the format of a comment related to a security advisory.

UUIDv4 of the comment
UUIDv4 of the Vulnerability-Lookup instance
When the comment was created originally
When the comment was last updated
Title of the comment
Description of the comment
The identifier of the vulnerability (CVE ID, GHSA-ID, PYSEC ID, etc.).



Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.




Sightings

Author Source Type Date

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
  • Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.