ALPINE-CVE-2017-9951

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CVE-2017-9951
Published: 17 Jul 2017, 13:18
Last modified:19 Nov 2025, 06:12

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

17 Jul 2017, 13:18
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
19 Nov 2025, 06:12
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The try_read_command function in memcached.c in memcached before 1.4.39 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a request to add/set a key, which makes a comparison between signed and unsigned int and triggers a heap-based buffer over-read. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8705.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•memcached

    < 1.4.33-r1 | < 1.4.33-r1 | < 1.4.33-r1 | < 1.4.36-r1

References (1)