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CVE-2018-3979
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2019-04-01T21:30:43.110 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:58:09.223

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).

Affected products

canonical — ubuntu_linux

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References

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