Vulnerability in NVIDIA Binary Graphics Driver
CVE-2006-5379
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.274 (98.0th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.267 · newest: 0.274 · change: +0.007
Affected products
- NVIDIA Binary Graphics Driver — versions v8762, v8774
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4053 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/22730 (third-party-advisory)
- download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/nv_exploit.c (Exploit)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-03.xml (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20559 (vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/1742 (third-party-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-377-1 (vendor-advisory)
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory)
- www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0025.jsp (Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/22419 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)