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CVE-2018-3979

Published: Apr 1, 2019

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

7.4

HIGH

Description

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).

VendorProductVersions

Nouveau

Nouveau

affected
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (linux 4.15.0-29-generic x86_64)
affected
Nouveau Display Driver NV117 (vermagic: 4.15.0-29-generic SMP mod_unload)

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

References

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