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CVE-2006-5379
The accelerated rendering functionality of NVIDIA Binary Graphics Driver (binary blob driver) For Linux v8774 and v8762, and probably on…
High7.5EPSS 27.4%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 27.4% · top 1.9% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (22)
- ADV-2006-4053 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 22730 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/nv_exploit.c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-200611-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20559 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1742 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- USN-377-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 102693 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0025.jsp (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 22419 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1017072 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- VU#147252 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- nvidia-linux-driver-bo(29622) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4328 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 22676 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1971 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20061113 Re: [ GLSA 200611-03 ] NVIDIA binary graphics driver: Privilege escalation vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 23678 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20061016 Rapid7 Advisory R7-0025: Buffer Overflow in NVIDIA Binary Graphics Driver For Linux (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 22764 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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