# CVE-2018-6242: Some NVIDIA Tegra mobile processors released prior to 2016 contain a buffer overflow vulnerability in BootROM Recovery Mode (RCM).

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 7 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2018-05-01 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Nvidia Corporation Some NVIDIA Tegra Mobile Processors: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Nvidia Corporation Some NVIDIA Tegra Mobile Processors, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4660
- https://github.com/DavidBuchanan314/NXLoader
- https://github.com/Resi-le/NXLoader
- https://github.com/Swiftloke/fusee-toy
- https://github.com/austinhartzheim/fusee-gelee
- https://github.com/nikameru/nxboot
- https://github.com/oliviaholly/fusee-gelee
- https://github.com/reswitched/rcm-modchips

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