CVE-2006-5379

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-5379
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-10-18 04:06:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nvidia Binary Graphics Driver v8762 All linux All
Application Nvidia Binary Graphics Driver v8774 All linux All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityReason - Buffer Overflow in NVIDIA Binary Graphics Driver For Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#147252 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Ubuntu update for nvidia-glx - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- NVIDIA binary graphics driver: Privilege escalation vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Rapid7 Security Advisory R7-0025: Buffer Overflow in NVIDIA Binary Graphics Driver For Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.rapid7.com Vendor Advisory
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Sun Solaris NVIDIA Graphics Driver Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
usn/usn-377-1 - Ubuntu: Linux for human beings af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Rapid7 Security Advisory R7-0025: Buffer Overflow in NVIDIA Binary Graphics Driver For Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 download2.rapid7.com
Security Bulletin: CVE-2006-5379 NVIDIA UNIX graphics driver Vulnerability | NVIDIA af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 nvidia.custhelp.com
#102693: Security Vulnerability With Graphics Driver for Solaris 10 and Linux on Certain Systems af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
NVIDIA Binary Graphics Driver for Linux Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Mandriva update for nvidia - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - NVIDIA Binary Graphics Driver for Linux Buffer Overflow Lets Local Users Gain Root Privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/nv_exploit.c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 download2.rapid7.com Exploit
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Gentoo update for nvidia-drivers - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
NVidia Binary Graphics Driver For Linux Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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