CVE-2006-5379
high · 7.5The 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.
7.5
CVSS
27.4%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
98th
EPSS percentile
2006-10-18
Published
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| nvidia | binary_graphics_driver | v8762 |
| nvidia | binary_graphics_driver | v8774 |
Check a specific version with /api/v1/cve/match.
References
- http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/
- http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/nv_exploit.c
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1971
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22419
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22676
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22730
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22764
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23678
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-03.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1742
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017072
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102693-1
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/147252
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:007
- http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0025.jsp
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448860/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451329/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20559
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-377-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4053
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4328
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29622
- http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/
- http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/nv_exploit.c
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1971
Query this programmatically:
curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2006-5379