CVE-2005-0763 — security flaw

MEDIUM

security flaw

Published Mar 29, 2005

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.47%

Buffer overflow in Midnight Commander (mc) 4.5.55 and earlier may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1

n/a

Fixed · RHSA-2005:512
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1

n/a

Fixed · RHSA-2005:512
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1

n/a

Fixed · RHSA-2005:512

Product	Package	State	Advisory
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1	n/a	Fixed	RHSA-2005:512
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1	n/a	Fixed	RHSA-2005:512
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1	n/a	Fixed	RHSA-2005:512

No remediation recorded yet.

0.47% 0.00474

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00474

2022–2026

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.47% (0.00474)	38.67th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.47% (0.00474)	37.06th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.10% (0.00102)	25.70th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	14.58th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 25, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	12.27th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00044)	10.26th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	2.17% (0.02172)	80.18th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	2.17% (0.02172)	78.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	2.17% (0.02172)	57.04th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-698		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-512.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0763		Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617578		Issue Tracking
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0763
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0763