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.
Published: 2018-05-01
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 11.8% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-18003 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.
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Nvidia Tegra Bootrom Rcm Tegra Mobile Processor
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: nvidia

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T16:53:48.144Z

Reserved: 2018-01-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-6242

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-05-01T20:29:00.280

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:10:22.050

Link: CVE-2018-6242

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