CVE-2006-5379

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    CVE-2006-5379

    Published: 18 Oct 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: 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://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:007, http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0025.jsp, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-377-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4053, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4328, http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/nv_exploit.c, http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/, http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1971, 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.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448860/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451329/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20559, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29622

    Affected packages

    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