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

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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

Published Mar 24, 2005

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.44%

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

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.44% 0.00436

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

EPSS probability 0.00436

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (8 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.44% (0.00436)	35.58th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.44% (0.00436)	34.56th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.07% (0.00069)	18.56th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00043)	5.18th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00043)	5.81th	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.

References (2)

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/203203
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10630
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/203203		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10630		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 24, 2005

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Mar 24, 2005

Link CVE-2001-1429

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2001-1429

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2001-1429