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CVE-2006-5379 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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

see all 44 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
nvidia binary graphics driver	v8762 v8774
CPE cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:binary_graphics_driver:v8762::linux::::: cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:binary_graphics_driver:v8774::linux::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 17, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 20, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 18, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]