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CVE-2006-5379
Published: Oct 18, 2006
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
ADV-2006-4053
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
22730
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/nv_exploit.c
x_refsource_MISC
GLSA-200611-03
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
20559
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
1742
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SREASON
USN-377-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
102693
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUNALERT
http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0025.jsp
x_refsource_MISC
22419
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
1017072
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
VU#147252
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_CERT-VN
nvidia-linux-driver-bo(29622)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
ADV-2006-4328
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
22676
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
20061113 Re: [ GLSA 200611-03 ] NVIDIA binary graphics driver: Privilege escalation vulnerability
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
MDKSA-2007:007
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
23678
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/
x_refsource_MISC
20061016 Rapid7 Advisory R7-0025: Buffer Overflow in NVIDIA Binary Graphics Driver For Linux
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
22764
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
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