CVE-2001-1429

Summary

CVECVE-2001-1429
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2001-11-12 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-11 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Midnight Commander Midnight Commander 4.5.1 All All All
Application Midnight Commander Midnight Commander 4.5.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#203203 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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