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CVE-2004-1091· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Midnight commander (mc) 4.5.55 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by triggering a null dereference.

MediumCVSS 5.0 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Apr 14, 2005
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.7% · 76th percentile
CWE
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Action score

21

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 1.7%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
midnight commandermidnight commander
debiandebian linux
gentoolinux
redhatenterprise linux
redhatlinux advanced workstation
susesuse linux
turbolinuxturbolinux server
turbolinuxturbolinux workstation

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • debian debian linux3.0
  • gentoo linuxall versions
  • midnight commander midnight commander4.5.40
  • midnight commander midnight commander4.5.41
  • midnight commander midnight commander4.5.42
  • midnight commander midnight commander4.5.43
  • midnight commander midnight commander4.5.44
  • midnight commander midnight commander4.5.45
  • midnight commander midnight commander4.5.46
  • midnight commander midnight commander4.5.47
  • midnight commander midnight commander4.5.48
  • midnight commander midnight commander4.5.49
  • midnight commander midnight commander4.5.50
  • midnight commander midnight commander4.5.51
  • midnight commander midnight commander4.5.52
  • midnight commander midnight commander4.5.54
  • midnight commander midnight commander4.5.55
  • midnight commander midnight commander4.6
  • redhat enterprise linux2.1
  • redhat linux advanced workstation2.1

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12mcbefore 1:4.6.0-4.6.1-pre3-11:4.6.0-4.6.1-pre3-1
Debian:3.0mcbefore 4.5.55-1.2woody54.5.55-1.2woody5

Same product

midnight commander: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2004-0226Multiple buffer overflows in Midnight Commander (mc) before 4.6.0 may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code
    41Plan
  • CVE-2003-1023Stack-based buffer overflow in vfs_s_resolve_symlink of vfs/direntry.c for Midnight Commander (mc) 4.6.0 and earlier, and possibly later ver
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2004-1176Buffer underflow in extfs.c in Midnight Commander (mc) 4.5.55 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2004-1005Multiple buffer overflows in Midnight Commander (mc) 4.5.55 and earlier allow remote attackers to have an unknown impact.
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2004-1175fish.c in midnight commander allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via "insecure filename quoting," possibly using shell met
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2004-1004Multiple format string vulnerabilities in Midnight Commander (mc) 4.5.55 and earlier allow remote attackers to have an unknown impact.
    30Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:mc1:4.6.0-4.6.1-pre3-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
P · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
P

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

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Change log

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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