What is CVE-2018-6269?

CVE-2018-6269 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Jetson Tegra Tx2, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-04-12.

How severe is CVE-2018-6269?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in NVIDIA Jetson Tegra Tx2

CVE-2018-6269

NVIDIA Jetson TX2 contains a vulnerability in the kernel driver where input/output control (IOCTL) handling for user mode requests could create a non-trusted pointer dereference, which may lead to information disclosure, denial of service, escalation of privileges, or code execution. The updates apply to all versions prior to R28.3.

Published 2019-04-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (25.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 25.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

NVIDIA Jetson Tegra Tx2 — versions R28.3
NVIDIA Jetson Tx2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4787 (Vendor Advisory)
nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4804

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-6269?: CVE-2018-6269 is a high-severity vulnerability in NVIDIA Jetson Tegra Tx2, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-04-12.
How severe is CVE-2018-6269?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.