7.5

CVE-2003-1023: midnight_commander

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2003-1023DSA-424
Published 06-01-2004Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2003-1023 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in midnight_commander. EPSS estimates a 5.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.14%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 06-01-2004
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in vfs_s_resolve_symlink of vfs/direntry.c for Midnight Commander (mc) 4.6.0 and earlier, and possibly later versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code during symlink conversion.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

5.14%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 5.14% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
5.14%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • mc< 1:4.6.0-4.6.1-pre1-1 | < 4.5.55-1.2woody2
Midnight_commander1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

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