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HIGH CVSS 2.0
CVE-2018-6242
NVIDIA Tegra BootROM Recovery Mode Buffer Overflow
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.

INFO

Published Date :

May 1, 2018, 8:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:10 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-6242 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Nvidia tegra_bootrom_rcm
2 Nvidia tegra_mobile_processor
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 2
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-6242 has a 20 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-6242.

URL Resource
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4660 Vendor Advisory
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4660 Vendor Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-6242 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-6242 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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soup6020/fusee-launcher

ReSwitched payload launcher (mirror)

Makefile Python Assembly Shell JavaScript

Updated: 1 year, 2 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 20, 2024, 9:42 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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mid-kid/fusee-launcher

Mirror of the original fusee-launcher repository at the 1.0 tag: https://github.com/Qyriad/fusee-launcher/archive/refs/tags/1.0.tar.gz

Makefile Python Assembly Shell JavaScript

Updated: 1 year, 4 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 21, 2024, 11:57 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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benzhu56/fusee-launcher

None

Makefile Python Assembly Shell JavaScript

Updated: 6 months, 3 weeks ago
7 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : Jan. 28, 2023, 7:41 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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persuaded9041/fusee-gelee

None

Shell Makefile Python Assembly JavaScript

Updated: 11 months, 4 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 11, 2022, 6:52 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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Swiftloke/fusee-toy

Implementation of CVE-2018-6242 (AKA Fusée Gelée, AKA shofel2)

CMake C++

Updated: 3 years, 5 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 25, 2022, 7:51 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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geeksniper/reverse-engineering-toolkit

None

Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
318 stars 47 fork 47 watcher
Born at : Sept. 1, 2021, 8:26 a.m. This repo has been linked 23 different CVEs too.
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erdzan12/switch-fusee

None

Makefile Python Assembly Shell JavaScript CMake C M4 Batchfile D

Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago
3 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : May 11, 2021, 4 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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developer3000S/PoC-in-GitHub

None

Updated: 4 months ago
37 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : March 12, 2021, 12:22 p.m. This repo has been linked 1063 different CVEs too.
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DavidBuchanan314/DavidBuchanan314

None

Updated: 3 years, 10 months ago
0 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : March 2, 2021, 11:13 p.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.
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hectorgie/PoC-in-GitHub

None

Updated: 7 months ago
18 stars 10 fork 10 watcher
Born at : Jan. 2, 2021, 10:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 1053 different CVEs too.
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0xT11/CVE-POC

None

Updated: 4 months ago
84 stars 31 fork 31 watcher
Born at : Oct. 2, 2020, 2:49 p.m. This repo has been linked 1114 different CVEs too.
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austinhartzheim/fusee-gelee

Rust implementation of the Fusée Gelée exploit (CVE-2018-6242) for Tegra processors.

Rust

Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago
4 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 7, 2020, 3:28 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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ChrisFigura/react-tegra-payload-launcher

A WebUSB based payload launcher for devices vulnerable to CVE-2018-6242

HTML CSS TypeScript

Updated: 1 year ago
3 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 12, 2020, 8:39 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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Geoselenic/de-switch

None

Makefile Python Assembly Shell JavaScript

Updated: 6 years, 6 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 30, 2019, 11:46 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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parallelbeings/usb-device-security

Collection of USB device(slave) related vulnerabilties

Updated: 1 year ago
9 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : Dec. 9, 2018, 3:14 a.m. This repo has been linked 5 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-6242 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-6242 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4660
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 13, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4660 No Types Assigned http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4660 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:tegra_bootrom_rcm:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:tegra_mobile_processor:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 6.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 7.2
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

6.43 }} -0.53%

score

0.90601

percentile