4.8

CVE-2013-7239: memcached Improper Authentication

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2013-7239
Published 13-01-2014Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-7239 is a medium (CVSS 4.8) Improper Authentication vulnerability in memcached. EPSS estimates a 1.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 4.8, adjacent network); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
4.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.18%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 3
DSA-2832-1MGASA-2014-0018OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10021-1SUSE-SU-2018:0778-1SUSE-SU-2018:0807-1

Timeline

  1. 13-01-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

memcached before 1.4.17 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by sending an invalid request with SASL credentials, then sending another request with incorrect SASL credentials.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

68%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.18% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: adjacent network, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • memcached< 1.4.13-0.3
Memcached1 product
  • memcachedEOL≤ 1.4.16 | 1.4.0 | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.3 | 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

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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