CVE-2018-3979

A remote denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the way the Nouveau Display Driver (the default Ubuntu Nvidia display driver) handles GPU shader execution. A specially crafted pixel shader can cause remote denial-of-service issues. An attacker can provide a specially crafted website to trigger this vulnerability. This vulnerability can be triggered remotely after the user visits a malformed website. No further user interaction is required. Vulnerable versions include Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (linux 4.15.0-29-generic x86_64), Nouveau Display Driver NV117 (vermagic: 4.15.0-29-generic SMP mod_unload).

CVSS v3.1

6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v3.0

7.4 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

1.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 71th percentile

Published

2019-04-01

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0647

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2018-3978
• CVE-2018-3980
• CVE-2018-3977
• CVE-2018-3981
• CVE-2018-3976
• CVE-2018-3982