CVE-2004-1090 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Midnight Commander (mc) versions 4.5.55 and earlier, affecting various Linux distributions including Debian, Gentoo, Red Hat, SUSE, and Turbolinux. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger this vulnerability by providing a crafted file with a corrupt section header. The CVSS score of 5.0 indicates a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and no confidentiality or integrity impact, but a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.
| 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:N/I:N/A:P
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