VDB-141329 · CVE-2018-6240 · GCVE-0-2018-6240

NVIDIA Tegra BootRom access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in NVIDIA Tegra. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component BootRom. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-6240. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in NVIDIA Tegra (version now known). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component BootRom. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

NVIDIA Tegra contains a vulnerability in BootRom where a user with kernel level privileges can write an arbitrary value to an arbitrary physical address

The weakness was shared 09/06/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-6240 since 01/25/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The entries VDB-109410, VDB-130367, VDB-130432 and VDB-138386 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

NVIDIA

Name

Tegra

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.nvidia.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/25/2018 🔍
09/06/2019 +589 days 🔍
09/06/2019 +0 days 🔍
12/13/2023 +1559 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nvidia.com

Advisory: source.android.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-6240 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-6240
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-141329
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/06/2019 22:39
Updated: 12/13/2023 14:14
Changes: 09/06/2019 22:39 (52), 08/13/2020 14:19 (1), 12/13/2023 14:14 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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