memcached: DoS due to buffer overrun when printing out keys to be deleted in verbose mode
Published Jan 13, 2014
1.8
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.50%
Description
The process_bin_delete function in memcached.c in memcached 1.4.4 and other versions before 1.4.17, when running in verbose mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a request to delete a key, which does not account for the lack of a null terminator in the key and triggers a buffer over-read when printing to stderr.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.4.4
- 1.4.5
- 1.4.6
- 1.4.7
- 1.4.8
- 1.4.9
- 1.4.10
- 1.4.11
- 1.4.12
- 1.4.13
- 1.4.14
- 1.4.15
- 1.4.16
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
memcached
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | memcached | Will not fix | n/a |
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:A/AC:H/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 1, 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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.50% (0.01498) | 73.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.50% (0.01498) | 70.81th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.77% (0.01771) | 81.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.98% (0.02979) | 90.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.89% (0.01886) | 88.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 10, 2023 | 1.60% (0.01596) | 85.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.58% (0.01585) | 85.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 78.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 77.12th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 56.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56183 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/14/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/14/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64978 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2080-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0179 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=895054 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://code.google.com/p/memcached/issues/attachmentText?id=306&aid=3060004000&name=0001-Fix-buffer-overrun-when-logging-key-to-delete-in-bin.patch&token=3GEzHThBL5cxmUrsYANkW03RrNY%3A1358179503096 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://code.google.com/p/memcached/issues/detail?id=306 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- https://code.google.com/p/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1417 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0179
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0179
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