NULL Pointer Dereference in Midnight Commander Could Lead to X Operation Silently Failing

CVE-2023-45925
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Key Information

Vendor
GNU
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 March 2024

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).

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published.

  • Vulnerability Reserved.

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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