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mc — security advisory
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).
- Products
- mc
- Affected versions
- 3:4.8.29-2, 3:4.8.30-1, 3:4.8.31-1, 3:4.8.31-1~bpo12+1, 3:4.8.33-1, 3:4.8.33-1+deb13u1, 3:4.8.33-1.1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-45925
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 15:11 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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).
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-45925
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Fixed versions: Not specified
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Fixed versions: Not specified
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Complete source record
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