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).
Published: 2019-04-01
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-15765 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).
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Nvidia Geforce Gtx 745 Geforce Gtx 745 Firmware Geforce Gtx 750 Geforce Gtx 750 Firmware Geforce Gtx 750 Ti Geforce Gtx 750 Ti Firmware Geforce Gtx 840m Geforce Gtx 840m Firmware Geforce Gtx 845m Geforce Gtx 845m Firmware Geforce Gtx 850m Geforce Gtx 850m Firmware Geforce Gtx 860m Geforce Gtx 860m Firmware Geforce Gtx 950m Geforce Gtx 950m Firmware Geforce Gtx 960m Geforce Gtx 960m Firmware Grid M30 Grid M30 Firmware Grid M40 Grid M40 Firmware Quadro K1200 Quadro K1200 Firmware Quadro K2200 Quadro K2200 Firmware Quadro K620 Quadro K620 Firmware Quadro M1000m Quadro M1000m Firmware Quadro M1200m Quadro M1200m Firmware
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T04:57:24.572Z

Reserved: 2018-01-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-3979

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-04-01T21:30:43.110

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:06:25.557

Link: CVE-2018-3979

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