CVE-2023-45925 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

GNU Midnight Commander 4.8.29-146-g299d9a2fb was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the function x_error_handler() at tty/x11conn.c. NOTE: this is disputed because it should be categorized as a usability problem (an X operation silently fails).

Published: 2024-03-27

Score: n/a

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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Remediation

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00317.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176808/Midnight-Commander-4.8.29-146-g299d9a2fb-Null-Pointer.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/53
https://midnight-commander.org/ticket/4484

History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176808/Midnight-Commander-4.8.29-146-g299d9a2fb-Null-Pointer.html

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Midnight Commander Midnight Commander

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-03-27T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T18:18:10.860Z

Reserved: 2023-10-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-45925

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T18:18:10.860Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-03-27T05:15:47.320

Modified: 2026-06-17T06:29:48.123

Link: CVE-2023-45925

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference

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