CVE-2006-5379
Published: 18 October 2006
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.
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
dapper |
Released
(2.6.15.12-29.1)
|
| edgy |
Does not exist
|
|
| feisty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
|
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
dapper |
Does not exist
|
| edgy |
Released
(2.6.17.8-12.3)
|
|
| feisty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|