CVE-2006-5379 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 27.4% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 27.38% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-10-18 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| nvidia | binary graphics driver |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Nvidia Graphics Driver 8774 - Local Buffer Overflow | 2006-10-16 |
References
- http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/
- http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/nv_exploit.c
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1971
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22419
- 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
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:007
- http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0025.jsp
- 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
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