1.8

CVE-2013-7291: memcached

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2013-7291
Published 13-01-2014Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-7291 is a low (CVSS 1.8) vulnerability in memcached. EPSS estimates a 0.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 1.8, adjacent network); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
1.8/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.93%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 3
DLA-701-1MGASA-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, when running in verbose mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request that triggers an "unbounded key print" during logging, related to an issue that was "quickly grepped out of the source tree," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0179 and CVE-2013-7290.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.93%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

61%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.93% 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

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (code.google.com)

    Maturity: unknown

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< 1.4.20-1
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

4 links