VDB
CVE-2018-3979
CVE-2018-3979
PUBLISHED
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).
EPSS 0.54% · 67.8th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.54%
67.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-hwe-18.04 | 1:1.0.15-3~18.04.1, 0, 1:1.0.16-1~18.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | xserver-xorg-video-nouveau | 1:1.0.16-1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | xserver-xorg-video-nouveau | 1:1.0.17-1build1, 0, 1:1.0.17-2build1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | xserver-xorg-video-nouveau | 0, * |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | xserver-xorg-video-nouveau | 0, * |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-hwe-16.04 | 1:1.0.15-2~16.04.1, 1:1.0.12-2~16.04.1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | xserver-xorg-video-nouveau | 1:1.0.12-1build1, 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu3, * |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | xserver-xorg-video-nouveau | 1:1.0.17-2build1, 0, * |
Exploit Intelligence
Timeline
- Mar 26, 2019 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 11, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-3979 third-party-advisory
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0647 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-3979 third-party-advisory