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TI-2018-04595 Aliases CVE-2018-6242GHSA-wx59-vwv8-8whg

Memory corruption in NVIDIA Some NVIDIA Tegra Mobile Processors

Priority LOW 35CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Physical
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02689 85th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
NVIDIASome NVIDIA Tegra Mobile Processorsall versions—No fix listedCNA
  • Some NVIDIA Tegra Mobile Processors VendorNVIDIA Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:tegra_bootrom_rcm:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableNVIDIA
cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:tegra_mobile_processor:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onNVIDIA
  • cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:tegra_bootrom_rcm:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·NVIDIA
  • cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:tegra_mobile_processor:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·NVIDIA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-6242
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wx59-vwv8-8whg

References

Advisory 1

Sources

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