CVE-2018-6242
Some NVIDIA Tegra mobile processors released prior to 2016 contain a buffer overflow vulnerability in BootROM Recovery Mode (RCM). An attacker with physical...
- Published
- May 1, 2018
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- nvidia
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 82.1%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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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.
Sources
7- fusee-toyExploit
Implementation of CVE-2018-6242 (AKA Fusée Gelée, AKA shofel2)
- fusee-geleeExploit
An implementation of the Fusee Gelee exploit (CVE-2018-6242) for the Nintendo Switch, along with a custom payload.
- fusee-geleeExploit
Rust implementation of the Fusée Gelée exploit (CVE-2018-6242) for Tegra processors.
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