ubuntu-cve-2018-3979
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-04-01 21:30
Modified
2026-05-20 14:50
Summary
Details
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).
Severity
7.4 (High)
6.5 (Medium)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
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],
"aliases": [],
"details": "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).",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-3979",
"modified": "2026-05-20T14:50:28Z",
"published": "2019-04-01T21:30:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-3979"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0647"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-3979"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "low",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2018-3979"
]
}
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