CVE-2006-5379

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
Link Resource
http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/
http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/nv_exploit.c Exploit
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1971
http://secunia.com/advisories/22419 Vendor Advisory
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://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 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:007
http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0025.jsp Vendor Advisory
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
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-377-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4053
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4328
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29622
http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/
http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/nv_exploit.c Exploit
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1971
http://secunia.com/advisories/22419 Vendor Advisory
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://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 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:007
http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0025.jsp Vendor Advisory
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
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-377-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4053
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4328
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29622
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:binary_graphics_driver:v8762:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:binary_graphics_driver:v8774:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*

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Information

Published : 2006-10-18 04:06

Updated : 2025-04-09 00:30


NVD link : CVE-2006-5379

Mitre link : CVE-2006-5379

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2006-5379


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Products Affected

nvidia

  • binary_graphics_driver