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).
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
6.5 MEDIUM
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
talosCNA
7.4 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 61%
VendorProductVersion
canonicalubuntu_linux
18.04
nvidiageforce_gtx_745_firmware
-
nvidiageforce_gtx_750_firmware
-
nvidiageforce_gtx_750_ti_firmware
-
nvidiageforce_gtx_840m_firmware
-
nvidiageforce_gtx_845m_firmware
-
nvidiageforce_gtx_850m_firmware
-
nvidiageforce_gtx_860m_firmware
-
nvidiageforce_gtx_950m_firmware
-
nvidiageforce_gtx_960m_firmware
-
nvidiaquadro_k620_firmware
-
nvidiaquadro_k1200_firmware
-
nvidiaquadro_k2200_firmware
-
nvidiaquadro_m1000m_firmware
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nvidiaquadro_m1200m_firmware
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nvidiagrid_m30_firmware
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nvidiagrid_m40_firmware
-
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
bullseye
unimportant
bookworm
unimportant
sid
unimportant
trixie
unimportant
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
noble
deferred
mantic
ignored
lunar
ignored
kinetic
ignored
jammy
deferred
impish
ignored
hirsute
ignored
groovy
ignored
focal
deferred
eoan
ignored
disco
ignored
cosmic
ignored
bionic
deferred
xenial
deferred
trusty
dne
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-hwe-16.04
noble
dne
mantic
dne
lunar
dne
kinetic
dne
jammy
dne
impish
dne
hirsute
dne
groovy
dne
focal
dne
eoan
dne
disco
dne
cosmic
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
deferred
trusty
dne
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-hwe-18.04
noble
dne
mantic
dne
lunar
dne
kinetic
dne
jammy
dne
impish
dne
hirsute
dne
groovy
dne
focal
dne
eoan
dne
disco
dne
cosmic
dne
bionic
deferred
xenial
dne
trusty
dne