CVE-2018-3979

Summary

CVECVE-2018-3979
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-04-01 21:30:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-09 01:38:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Hardware Nvidia Geforce Gtx 745 - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Geforce Gtx 745 - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Geforce Gtx 745 Firmware - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Geforce Gtx 745 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Geforce Gtx 750 - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Geforce Gtx 750 - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Geforce Gtx 750 Firmware - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Geforce Gtx 750 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Geforce Gtx 750 Ti - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Geforce Gtx 750 Ti - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Geforce Gtx 750 Ti Firmware - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Geforce Gtx 750 Ti Firmware - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Geforce Gtx 840m - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Geforce Gtx 840m - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Geforce Gtx 840m Firmware - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Geforce Gtx 840m Firmware - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Geforce Gtx 845m - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Geforce Gtx 845m - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Geforce Gtx 845m Firmware - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Geforce Gtx 845m Firmware - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Geforce Gtx 850m - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Geforce Gtx 850m - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Geforce Gtx 850m Firmware - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Geforce Gtx 850m Firmware - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Geforce Gtx 860m - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Geforce Gtx 860m - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Geforce Gtx 860m Firmware - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Geforce Gtx 860m Firmware - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Geforce Gtx 950m - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Geforce Gtx 950m - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Geforce Gtx 950m Firmware - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Geforce Gtx 950m Firmware - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Geforce Gtx 960m - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Geforce Gtx 960m - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Geforce Gtx 960m Firmware - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Geforce Gtx 960m Firmware - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Grid M30 - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Grid M30 - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Grid M30 Firmware - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Grid M30 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Grid M40 - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Grid M40 - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Grid M40 Firmware - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Grid M40 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Quadro K1200 - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Quadro K1200 - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Quadro K1200 Firmware - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Quadro K1200 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Quadro K2200 - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Quadro K2200 - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Quadro K2200 Firmware - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Quadro K2200 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Quadro K620 - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Quadro K620 - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Quadro K620 Firmware - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Quadro K620 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Quadro M1000m - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Quadro M1000m - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Quadro M1000m Firmware - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Quadro M1000m Firmware - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Quadro M1200m - All All All
Hardware Nvidia Quadro M1200m - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Quadro M1200m Firmware - All All All
Operating System Nvidia Quadro M1200m Firmware - All All All

References

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TALOS-2018-0647 || Cisco Talos Intelligence Group - Comprehensive Threat Intelligence CONFIRM talosintelligence.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
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