Vulnerability Details CVE-2018-3979
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).
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.004
EPSS Ranking 61.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.4
CVSS v2 Score 4.3
Products affected by CVE-2018-3979
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cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_745:-
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cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_750:-
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cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_750_ti:-
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cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_840m:-
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cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_845m:-
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cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_850m:-
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cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_860m:-
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cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_950m:-
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cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:geforce_gtx_960m:-
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cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:grid_m30:-
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cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:grid_m40:-
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cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_k1200:-
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cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_k2200:-
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cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_k620:-
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cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m1000m:-
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cpe:2.3:h:nvidia:quadro_m1200m:-
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04
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cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:geforce_gtx_745_firmware:-
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cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:geforce_gtx_750_firmware:-
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cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:geforce_gtx_750_ti_firmware:-
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cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:geforce_gtx_840m_firmware:-
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cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:geforce_gtx_845m_firmware:-
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cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:geforce_gtx_850m_firmware:-
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cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:geforce_gtx_860m_firmware:-
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cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:geforce_gtx_950m_firmware:-
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cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:geforce_gtx_960m_firmware:-
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cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:grid_m30_firmware:-
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cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:grid_m40_firmware:-
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cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:quadro_k1200_firmware:-
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cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:quadro_k2200_firmware:-
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cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:quadro_k620_firmware:-
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cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:quadro_m1000m_firmware:-
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cpe:2.3:o:nvidia:quadro_m1200m_firmware:-