CVEs-PoC/2018/CVE-2018-3979.md

### [CVE-2018-3979](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-3979)
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### 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).

### POC

#### Reference
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0647

#### Github
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