(v1.2.8): Remote denial of service (excessive memory use, hang / crash)
Published Apr 12, 2010
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 10.44%
Description
memcached.c in memcached before 1.4.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon hang or crash) via a long line that triggers excessive memory allocation. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.4.2
- 0.0.1
- 0.0.2
- 0.0.3
- 0.0.4
- 0.1.0
- 0.1.1
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.1.0
- 1.1.12
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.8
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
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 (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 10.44% (0.10441) | 95.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 10.44% (0.10441) | 95.14th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 22.72% (0.22721) | 95.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 29.83% (0.29833) | 94.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 22.72% (0.22721) | 95.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 14.32% (0.14324) | 95.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 14, 2024 | 10.54% (0.10543) | 94.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 4, 2023 | 12.15% (0.12149) | 94.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 10.18% (0.10183) | 94.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 27, 2023 | 6.04% (0.06040) | 92.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.46% (0.04461) | 91.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 90.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (16)
- http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/input_validation_vulnerability_in_memcached x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://code.google.com/p/memcached/issues/detail?id=102 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/75cc83685e103bc8ba380a57468c8f04413033f9 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/d9cd01ede97f4145af9781d448c62a3318952719 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127074597129559&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127075341110616&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127075808518733&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39306 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023839 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0442 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1152 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=581113 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1152
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1152
Change history (0)
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