VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2004-1090
Midnight commander (mc) 4.5.55 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via "a corrupt section header."
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 1.67%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.67%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Midnight commander (mc) 4.5.55 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via "a corrupt section header."
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.67% probability · 77th 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 1.7% 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-639Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-512.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18907
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13863/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-639Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-512.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18907
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.