CVE-2006-5379

NVIDIA Binary Graphics Driver <v8774,v8762 - RCE

Title source: llm

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Rapid7 Security · clocallinux

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2581

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (22)

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-377-1

[Vendor Advisory] http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1971

[Third Party Advisory] http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4053

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/22730

[Exploit] http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/nv_exploit.c

[Third Party Advisory] http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-03.xml

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20559

[Third Party Advisory] http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1742

[Vendor Advisory] http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102693-1

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0025.jsp

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/22419

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://securitytracker.com/id?1017072

[US Government Resource] http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/147252

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29622

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4328

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/22676

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451329/100/0/threaded

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:007

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/23678

... and 2 more

Scores

EPSS 0.3645

EPSS Percentile 97.1%

Details

Status published

Products (2)

nvidia/binary_graphics_driver v8762

nvidia/binary_graphics_driver v8774

Published Oct 18, 2006

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026