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.
Impact
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).
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Version 18.04 |
| Nvidia | Geforce Gtx 745 Firmware | All versions |
| Nvidia | Geforce Gtx 750 Firmware | All versions |
| Nvidia | Geforce Gtx 750 Ti Firmware | All versions |
| Nvidia | Geforce Gtx 840m Firmware | All versions |
| Nvidia | Geforce Gtx 845m Firmware | All versions |
| Nvidia | Geforce Gtx 850m Firmware | All versions |
| Nvidia | Geforce Gtx 860m Firmware | All versions |
| Nvidia | Geforce Gtx 950m Firmware | All versions |
| Nvidia | Geforce Gtx 960m Firmware | All versions |
| Nvidia | Quadro K620 Firmware | All versions |
| Nvidia | Quadro K1200 Firmware | All versions |