CVE-2018-3979

2019-04-0120:10:28

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7.4 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

42.2%

JSON

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).

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "Nouveau",
    "vendor": "Nouveau",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (linux 4.15.0-29-generic x86_64)"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "Nouveau Display Driver NV117 (vermagic: 4.15.0-29-generic SMP mod_unload)"
      }
    ]
  }
]