CVE-2018-6240 Memory corruption in Android
A user with kernel privileges can write arbitrary values to physical memory in NVIDIA Tegra BootRom, enabling privilege escalation or code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-6240?
CVE-2018-6240 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 6 Sep 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NVIDIA Tegra contains a vulnerability in BootRom where a user with kernel level privileges can write an arbitrary value to an arbitrary physical address
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6240?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2018-6240?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-6240 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2018-6240 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6240 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h39f-2grh-8x4r.