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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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CVE-2006-5379 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/ CVE, MITRE
http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/nv_exploit.c CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1971 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/22419 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22676 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/22730 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/22764 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23678 CVE, MITRE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-03.xml CVE, MITRE
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1742 CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017072 CVE, MITRE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102693-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/147252 CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:007 CVE, MITRE
http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0025.jsp CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448860/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451329/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20559 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-377-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4053 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4328 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29622 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-5379
NVD Published Date:
10/18/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE