CVE-2004-0232

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-08-18 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

gentoo Linux: 0.5, 0.7, 1.1a, 1.2, 1.4, 1.4-rc1 (+2)
Midnight Commander: 4.5.40, 4.5.41, 4.5.42, 4.5.43, 4.5.44, 4.5.45 (+9)
Sgi Propack: 2.3, 2.4
Slackware Linux: 9.0, 9.1

References

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-21.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-497
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:039
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_12_mc.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-172.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16021
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-21.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-497
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:039
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_12_mc.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-172.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16021

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