CVE-2004-1174 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Midnight Commander (mc) versions 4.5.55 and earlier, specifically within the direntry.c component, affecting various Linux distributions including Debian, Gentoo, and Red Hat. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity to cause a denial of service by manipulating non-existent file handles. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding 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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