CVE-2018-3979
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.4%
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).
- Affected
- Nouveau
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS v3.0 CISCO
- 7.4 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - EPSS
- 1.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 73rd percentile
- Published
- 2019-04-01
- Updated
- 2024-08-05