CVE catalog
CVE-2018-3979
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: CVE-2018-3979
- Severity
- Low
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.43% · Oct 25, 2026
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).
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | xserver-xorg-video-nouveau | sid | 1:1.0.18-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | xserver-xorg-video-nouveau | forky | 1:1.0.18-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | xserver-xorg-video-nouveau | trixie | 1:1.0.18-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | xserver-xorg-video-nouveau | bookworm | 1:1.0.17-2 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | xserver-xorg-video-nouveau | source | sid | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | xserver-xorg-video-nouveau | source | forky | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | xserver-xorg-video-nouveau | source | trixie | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | xserver-xorg-video-nouveau | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [xserver-xorg-video-nouveau]Affected
Details (2)
1:1.0.17-2· amd64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · xserver-xorg-video-nouveau · debian · bookworm; dsa · xserver-xorg-video-nouveau · debian · 12
1:1.0.17-2· arm64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · xserver-xorg-video-nouveau · debian · bookworm; dsa · xserver-xorg-video-nouveau · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [xserver-xorg-video-nouveau]Affected
Details (2)
1:1.0.18-1· amd64 · trixieAffected
dsa · xserver-xorg-video-nouveau · debian · 13
1:1.0.18-1· arm64 · trixieAffected
dsa · xserver-xorg-video-nouveau · debian · 13
Observed: