Overview
The mcedit component of some versions of Midnight Commander contains a buffer-overflow vulnerability.
Description
Midnight Commander is a file manager for open source operating systems, distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). In version 4.5.1 of Midnight Commander, the mcedit text editor component contains an unspecified buffer-overflow vulnerability that can be exploited to cause a segmentation fault. |
Impact
The complete impact of this vulnerability is not yet known. Local attackers can cause a segmentation fault in mdedit. It may be possible to execute arbitrary code, though this has not been demonstrated or proven. |
Solution
The CERT/CC is currently unaware of a practical solution to this problem. |
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Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
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| Temporal | ||
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References
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Izik for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Shawn Van Ittersum.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | None |
| Severity Metric: | 0.54 |
| Date Public: | 2001-11-12 |
| Date First Published: | 2002-08-06 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2004-02-06 20:08 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 9 |