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    CVE-2006-5379

    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.

    Published:Oct 18, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Oct 18, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.36455
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Nvidia
    Product
    Binary Graphics Driver

    Exploits

    http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/nv_exploit.chttp://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/nv_exploit.chttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2581

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    References

    http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/
    http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/nv_exploit.c
    http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1971
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22419
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22676
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22730
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22764
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23678
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-03.xml
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1742
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017072
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102693-1
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/147252
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:007
    http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0025.jsp
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448860/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451329/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20559
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-377-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4053
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4328
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29622
    http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/
    http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/nv_exploit.c
    http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1971
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22419
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22676
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22730
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22764
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23678
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-03.xml
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1742
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017072
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102693-1
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/147252
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:007
    http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0025.jsp
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448860/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451329/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20559
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-377-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4053
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4328
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29622

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High