FKIE_CVE-2003-1023
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2004-01-20 05:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:03
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| midnight_commander | midnight_commander | 4.5.52 | |
| midnight_commander | midnight_commander | 4.5.55 | |
| midnight_commander | midnight_commander | 4.6 |
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