Vulnerability in Midnight Commander

CVE-2001-1429

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.

EPSS: 0.004 (35.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Midnight_commander — versions 4.5.1
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)