CVE-2006-5379

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Nvidia
Status
Binary Graphics Driver
Vendor
CVE Published:
18 October 2006

Summary

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

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4053
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http://secunia.com/advisories/22730
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http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/nv_exploit.c
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EPSS Score

81% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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