CVE-2006-5379
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 27.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 27.4% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5364)
- Published
- October 18, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5364 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- nvidia / binary graphics driver
- nvidia / binary graphics driver
References
- http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/
- http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/nv_exploit.c(Exploit)
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1971
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22419(Vendor Advisory)
- 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(US Government Resource)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:007
- http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0025.jsp(Vendor Advisory)
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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