CVE-2023-45925

Low

Published: —Translated: 27/07/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Summary

GNU Midnight Commander 4.8.29-146-g299d9a2fb was found to contain a NULL pointer dereference in 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).

Risk Assessment

Potentially could cause a crash of Midnight Commander when handling X11 errors, but the risk is low due to the disputed nature of the vulnerability.

Recommendation

Monitor vendor patches and consider updating when an official fix is released.

Original NVD description (English source)

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).