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1 vulnerability by Nouveau
CVE-2018-3979 (GCVE-0-2018-3979)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-04-01 20:10 – Updated: 2024-08-05 04:57
VLAI?
Summary
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).
Severity ?
7.4 (High)
CWE
- denial of service
Assigner
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