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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

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  • cpe: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

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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