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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-5379 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 36.45%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2581 | exploit_db | edb | 2006-10-16 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-09-20 | 35.88% | 36.45% | +0.57% |
| 2 | 2025-06-06 | 35.05% | 35.88% | +0.84% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 35.05% | — |
Full EPSS history (10 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
alpine
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— | CVE-2006-5379: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. | https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5379 |
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2006-5379 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (nvidia-graphics-drivers), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-5379 |
gentoo
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high | CVE-2006-5379: 1 GLSA(s) (200611-03), 1 atom(s) (x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers); latest impact high. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-5379 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2006-5379 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15, linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17), 8 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): DNE 4, needs-triage 2, released 2. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-5379 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| nvidia | binary_graphics_driver | v8762 | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:binary_graphics_driver:v8762:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* |
| nvidia | binary_graphics_driver | v8774 | cpe:2.3:a:nvidia:binary_graphics_driver:v8774:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* |