VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2004-1005
Multiple buffer overflows in Midnight Commander (mc) 4.5.55 and earlier allow remote attackers to have an unknown impact.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.79%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.79%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Midnight Commander (mc) 4.5.55 and earlier allow remote attackers to have an unknown impact.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.79% probability · 78th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- midnight commander/midnight commander · debian/debian linux · gentoo/linux · redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/linux advanced workstation · suse/suse linux · turbolinux/turbolinux server · turbolinux/turbolinux workstation
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13863/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-639
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-24.xml
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-217.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18898
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13863/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-639
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-24.xml
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-217.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18898
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.