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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).

Published

2019-04-01T21:30:43.110

Last Modified

2024-11-21T04:06:25.557

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-400
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04 Yes
Operating System nvidia geforce_gtx_745_firmware - Yes
Hardware nvidia geforce_gtx_745 - No
Operating System nvidia geforce_gtx_750_firmware - Yes
Hardware nvidia geforce_gtx_750 - No
Operating System nvidia geforce_gtx_750_ti_firmware - Yes
Hardware nvidia geforce_gtx_750_ti - No
Operating System nvidia geforce_gtx_840m_firmware - Yes
Hardware nvidia geforce_gtx_840m - No
Operating System nvidia geforce_gtx_845m_firmware - Yes
Hardware nvidia geforce_gtx_845m - No
Operating System nvidia geforce_gtx_850m_firmware - Yes
Hardware nvidia geforce_gtx_850m - No
Operating System nvidia geforce_gtx_860m_firmware - Yes
Hardware nvidia geforce_gtx_860m - No
Operating System nvidia geforce_gtx_950m_firmware - Yes
Hardware nvidia geforce_gtx_950m - No
Operating System nvidia geforce_gtx_960m_firmware - Yes
Hardware nvidia geforce_gtx_960m - No
Operating System nvidia quadro_k620_firmware - Yes
Hardware nvidia quadro_k620 - No
Operating System nvidia quadro_k1200_firmware - Yes
Hardware nvidia quadro_k1200 - No
Operating System nvidia quadro_k2200_firmware - Yes
Hardware nvidia quadro_k2200 - No
Operating System nvidia quadro_m1000m_firmware - Yes
Hardware nvidia quadro_m1000m - No
Operating System nvidia quadro_m1200m_firmware - Yes
Hardware nvidia quadro_m1200m - No
Operating System nvidia grid_m30_firmware - Yes
Hardware nvidia grid_m30 - No
Operating System nvidia grid_m40_firmware - Yes
Hardware nvidia grid_m40 - No
References