CVE-2004-1176 describes a buffer underflow vulnerability in the extfs.c component of Midnight Commander (mc) versions 4.5.55 and earlier, impacting various Linux distributions. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity, as it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to denial of service and arbitrary code execution. While the vulnerability is significant, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code available in common databases like Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community or media attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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