CVE-2018-3979

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-3979
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-3979.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-3979
Downstream
Published
2019-04-01T21:30:43.110Z
Modified
2026-03-14T09:29:38.202656Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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 x8664), Nouveau Display Driver NV117 (vermagic: 4.15.0-29-generic SMP modunload).

References

Affected packages

Git /

Affected ranges

Database specific

unresolved_ranges 
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "18.04"
            }
        ]
    }
]
source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-3979.json"