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TI-2006-05191 Aliases CVE-2006-5379GHSA-fm97-p25w-w6fj

The accelerated rendering functionality of NVIDIA Binary Graphics Driver (binary blob…

Priority MEDIUM 55Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.27375 98th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:binary_graphics_driver:v8762:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*v8762VulnerableNVIDIA
cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:binary_graphics_driver:v8774:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*v8774VulnerableNVIDIA
  • cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:binary_graphics_driver:v8762:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* Versions v8762 Vulnerable ·NVIDIA
  • cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:binary_graphics_driver:v8774:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* Versions v8774 Vulnerable ·NVIDIA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-5379
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fm97-p25w-w6fj

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 7

Other 4

Sources

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