CVE-2004-0232
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in Midnight Commander (mc) before 4.6.0 may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
02 Description
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in Midnight Commander (mc) before 4.6.0 may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.94% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-05-05 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:10Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-03-17
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- dc7fa9b4f533cbba11a23a808695fba95eec7907393b19c914c968bdc2c6b6ea
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.novell.comSuSE-SA:2004:012http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_12_mc.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200405-21http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-21.xml
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commidnight-commander-format-string(16021)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16021
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2004:039http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:039
- www.debian.orgDSA-497http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-497
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2004:172http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-172.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mc Fixed in 1:4.6.0-4.6.1-pre1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mc Fixed in 1:4.6.0-4.6.1-pre1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mc Fixed in 1:4.6.0-4.6.1-pre1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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