CVE-2001-1429

mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.004 · 38 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.44% (38th) EPSS

CVSS 4.6 · medium

Is it mine?

2 products

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Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.6

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.9–4.6

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.4

v2.03.9lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-119USLLM-inferred

affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
midnight commander midnight commander= 4.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2001-11-12modified 2026-06-16

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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