{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2018-3979","details":"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).","modified":"2026-09-01T20:03:59.447464232Z","published":"2019-04-01T21:30:43.110Z","upstream":["CVE-2018-3979"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-3979"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"xserver-xorg-video-nouveau","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:1.0.17-2","1:1.0.17-3","1:1.0.18-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-3979.json"}},{"package":{"name":"xserver-xorg-video-nouveau","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:1.0.18-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-3979.json"}},{"package":{"name":"xserver-xorg-video-nouveau","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:1.0.18-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-3979.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}