Medium severity6.8NVD Advisory· Published May 1, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-6242
CVE-2018-6242
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.
Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:tegra_bootrom_rcm:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Nvidia Corporation/Some NVIDIA Tegra Mobile Processorsv5Range: n/a
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4660nvdVendor Advisory
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