CVE-2004-1174

direntry.c in Midnight Commander (mc) 4.5.55 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service by "manipulating non-existing file handles."

Published: 2005-04-14 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-1174 is rated Moderate Risk (47.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.14%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1174

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-12-23 1.32% 1.14% -0.19%
2 2025-12-10 1.14% 1.32% +0.19%
3 2025-11-05 — 1.14% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1174

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1174

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-1174

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2004-1174 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mc), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-1174
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-1174
ubuntu medium CVE-2004-1174 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mc), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-1174

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1174

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.40 cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.41 cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.42 cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.43 cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.44 cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.45 cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.46 cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.46:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.47 cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.47:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.48 cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.48:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.49 cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.49:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.50 cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.51 cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.52 cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.54 cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.5.55 cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.5.55:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
midnight_commander midnight_commander 4.6 cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:arm:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:hppa:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:ia-32:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:ia-64:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:m68k:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:mips:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:mipsel:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:s-390:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo linux — cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:advanced_server:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:advanced_server_ia64:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:workstation_ia64:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux_advanced_workstation 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_advanced_workstation:2.1:*:ia64:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux_advanced_workstation 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_advanced_workstation:2.1:*:itanium_processor:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 8.1 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 8.2 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.0:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 9.1 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 9.2 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
turbolinux turbolinux_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
turbolinux turbolinux_server 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux_server:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
turbolinux turbolinux_workstation 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
turbolinux turbolinux_workstation 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux_workstation:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1174

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