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CVE-2004-0226

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0226 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Midnight Commander (mc) versions prior to 4.6.0, affecting products like Gentoo, SGI, and Slackware. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 10.0 due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.5.40CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.5.41CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.5.42CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.5.43CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.5.44CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0394 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-0226Important

security flaw

Apr 29, 2004

References

security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200405-21.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/16016
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-497
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2004_12_mc.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-172.html
PatchVendor Advisory