CVE-2006-5379

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

• Nvidia Graphics Driver 8774 - Local Buffer Overflow2006-10-16 · local · linux · Verified

Impact

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.

Affected products

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• 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
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22730
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22764
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23678
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-03.xml
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1742
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017072
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102693-1
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/147252
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:007
• http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0025.jsp
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448860/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451329/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20559
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-377-1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4053
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4328
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29622
• 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