Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 18, 2006· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2006-5379
CVE-2006-5379
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 products
2cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:binary_graphics_driver:v8762:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:binary_graphics_driver:v8762:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:binary_graphics_driver:v8774:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
22- download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/nv_exploit.cnvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/22419nvdVendor Advisory
- www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0025.jspnvdVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/147252nvdUS Government Resource
- download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/nvd
- nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.phpnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22676nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22730nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22764nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23678nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-03.xmlnvd
- securityreason.com/securityalert/1742nvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448860/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451329/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20559nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-377-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4053nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4328nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29622nvd
News mentions
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