CVE-2006-5379
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 18, 2006
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 17, 2006
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
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- ADV-2006-4053vdb-entry
- 22730third-party-advisory
- http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/nv_exploit.c
- GLSA-200611-03vendor-advisory
- 20559vdb-entry
- 1742third-party-advisory
- USN-377-1vendor-advisory
- 102693vendor-advisory
- http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0025.jsp
- 22419third-party-advisory
- 1017072vdb-entry
- VU#147252third-party-advisory
- nvidia-linux-driver-bo(29622)vdb-entry
- ADV-2006-4328vdb-entry
- 22676third-party-advisory
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1971
- 20061113 Re: [ GLSA 200611-03 ] NVIDIA binary graphics driver: Privilege escalation vulnerabilitymailing-list
- MDKSA-2007:007vendor-advisory
- 23678third-party-advisory
- http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/
- 20061016 Rapid7 Advisory R7-0025: Buffer Overflow in NVIDIA Binary Graphics Driver For Linuxmailing-list
- 22764third-party-advisory
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