UBUNTU-CVE-2018-3979

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-3979

    Published: 1 Apr 2019Last Modified: 20 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-3979

    Summary:

    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 x86_64), Nouveau Display Driver NV117 (vermagic: 4.15.0-29-generic SMP mod_unload).

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-3979, https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0647, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-3979

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1:1.0.11-1ubuntu3
    1:1.0.12-1
    1:1.0.12-1build1
    1:1.0.12-1build2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High