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CVE-2006-5379

N/A
Published: October 18, 2006 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:31 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBinary Graphics Driver

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 27%

Description

The accelerated rendering functionality of NVIDIA Binary Graphics Driver (binary blob driver) For Linux v8774 and v8762, and probably on other operating systems, allows local and remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large width value in a font glyph, which can be used to overwrite arbitrary memory locations.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (22)

x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/
x_refsource_MISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/nv_exploit.c
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1971
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22419
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22676
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22730
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22764
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23678

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other

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