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CVE-2006-5379

Date: October 18, 2006

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.

Severity Score

7.3

Related Resources (24)

Url: http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1971

Url: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/147252

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20559

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4053

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/22419

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5379

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448860/100/0/threaded

Url: http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-03.xml

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-377-1

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/22676

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/22764

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/22730

Url: http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/nv_exploit.c

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:007

Url: http://securitytracker.com/id?1017072

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451329/100/0/threaded

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29622

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23678

Url: http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1742

Url: http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0025.jsp

Url: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102693-1

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4328

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2006-5379

Severity Score

7.3

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2006-5379

Date: October 18, 2006

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