CVE-2018-3979
A remote denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the way the Nouveau Display Driver (the default Ubuntu Nvidia display driver) handles GP…
Published 7 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
Summary
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).
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.43% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.0 | 7.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| CNA | 3.0 | 7.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Affected products
- Nouveau Nouveau
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
- talosintelligence.com /vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0647 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-3979
- NVD: CVE-2018-3979
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