CVE-2018-6242 Memory corruption in Some NVIDIA Tegra Mobile Processors
An attacker with physical USB access can exploit a buffer overflow in BootROM Recovery Mode to execute unverified code on affected NVIDIA Tegra processors.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-6242?
CVE-2018-6242 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Some NVIDIA Tegra Mobile Processors, published on 1 May 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6242?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Tegra Bootrom Rcm.
How do I fix CVE-2018-6242?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-6242 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-2018-6242 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6242 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 7 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wx59-vwv8-8whg.