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nvidia-graphics-drivers — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5379

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.

Products
nvidia-graphics-drivers
Affected versions
1.0.6629+1-2, 1.0.7167-1, 1.0.7174-1, 1.0.7174-2, 1.0.7174-3, 1.0.7174-4, 1.0.7664-1, 1.0.7664-2, 1.0.7667-1, 1.0.7667-3, 1.0.7676-1, 1.0.7676-2, 1.0.8174-1, 1.0.8178-0bpo1, 1.0.8178-1, 1.0.8178-2, 1.0.8178-3, 1.0.8756-1, 1.0.8756-2, 1.0.8756-3, 1.0.8756-4, 1.0.8762-1, 1.0.8762-2, 1.0.8774-1, 1.0.8774-2, 1.0.8774-3, 1.0.8774-4, 1.0.8774-5, 1.0.8774-6, 1.0.8774-7
Fixed versions
1.0.8776-1
CVEs
CVE-2006-5379
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 20:09 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5379

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Oct 2006, 04:06 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5379

nvidia-graphics-drivers

Fixed versions: 1.0.8776-1

nvidia-graphics-drivers

Fixed versions: 1.0.8776-1

nvidia-graphics-drivers

Fixed versions: 1.0.8776-1

Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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      "modified": "2026-10-22T23:47:20.021247294Z",
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