CVE-2018-3979

Publication date 1 April 2019

Last updated 11 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.4 · High

Score breakdown

Description

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).

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 25.10 questing
Vulnerable, fix deferred
25.04 plucky
Vulnerable, fix deferred
24.10 oracular Ignored end of life, was deferred [2019-05-06]
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable, fix deferred
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was deferred [2019-05-06]
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was deferred [2019-05-06]
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was deferred [2019-05-06]
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable, fix deferred
21.10 impish Ignored end of life
21.04 hirsute Ignored end of life
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable, fix deferred
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
19.04 disco Ignored end of life
18.10 cosmic Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable, fix deferred
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable, fix deferred
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-hwe-16.04 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable, fix deferred
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-hwe-18.04 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable, fix deferred
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

as of 2019-05-06, no fix available

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.4 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

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