FKIE_CVE-2023-45925

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-03-27 05:15 - Updated: 2026-04-15 00:35
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Summary
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).
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/53
cve@mitre.orghttps://midnight-commander.org/ticket/4484
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176808/Midnight-Commander-4.8.29-146-g299d9a2fb-Null-Pointer.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/53
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://midnight-commander.org/ticket/4484
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  "lastModified": "2026-04-15T00:35:42.020",
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  "published": "2024-03-27T05:15:47.320",
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