CVE-2006-5379
NVIDIA Binary Graphics Driver (Font Glyph) Driver Execution of Arbitrary Code (Remote)
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 18, 2006, 4:06 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 12:18 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
10.0
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/ Added Reference http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/nv_exploit.c Added Reference http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1971 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22419 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22676 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22730 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22764 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23678 Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-03.xml Added Reference http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1742 Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1017072 Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102693-1 Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/147252 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:007 Added Reference http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0025.jsp Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448860/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451329/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20559 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-377-1 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4053 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4328 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29622 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 17, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/451329/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/448860/100/0/threaded [Exploit] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451329/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448860/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 20, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/29622 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29622 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 18, 2006
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-5379 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-5379
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
81.70 }} 40.38%
score
0.98601
percentile