CVE-2006-5379

no score yetEPSS 27%

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.

EPSS: 27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 98% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2006-10-18
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

nvidia:binary_graphics_driver

References

http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/
http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/nv_exploit.c
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1971
http://secunia.com/advisories/22419
http://secunia.com/advisories/22676

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