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CVE-2001-1429

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-11-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in mcedit in Midnight Commander 4.5.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted text file.

Affected products

• Midnight Commander: 4.5.1

References

• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/203203
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10630
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/203203
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10630

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