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CVE-2018-6242

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 2.74% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-05-01 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
exploit

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CVE
CVE-2018-6242
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.8
EPSS
2.74%

Original NVD 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.

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