CVE-2001-1429: Midnight Commander

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 Midnight Commander: version 4.5.1 only

Published 2001-11-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.