CVE-2018-6242
Some NVIDIA Tegra mobile processors released prior to 2016 contain a buffer overflow...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-6242- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-6242- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-18003 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2018-18003- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wx59-vwv8-8whg
Some NVIDIA Tegra mobile processors released prior to 2016 contain a buffer overflow...
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.
- Record
GHSA-wx59-vwv8-8whg- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | DavidBuchanan314/NXLoader | 2018-04-28 |
| PoC in GitHub | Resi-le/NXLoader | 2025-12-21 |
| PoC in GitHub | Swiftloke/fusee-toy | 2022-05-25 |
| PoC in GitHub | austinhartzheim/fusee-gelee | 2020-09-07 |
| PoC in GitHub | nikameru/nxboot | 2025-11-01 |
| PoC in GitHub | oliviaholly/fusee-gelee | 2026-03-04 |
| PoC in GitHub | reswitched/rcm-modchips | 2018-05-22 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-6242 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Nvidia Corporation Some Nvidia Tegra Mobile Processors, published May 1, 2018. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.69%, the 85th percentile. No source names a fixed version.