CVE-2018-6240

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

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4804
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4910
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2019-09-01	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2019-09-06 15:15

Updated : 2020-08-24 17:37

NVD link : CVE-2018-6240

Mitre link : CVE-2018-6240

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-6240

JSON object : View

Products Affected

google

android

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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