CVE-2006-5379

Published Oct 18, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 27.4% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-377-1 NVIDIA vulnerability
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 7:48 PM
Reserved
Oct 17, 2006, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 18, 2006, 4:06 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:31 PM