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CVE-2013-0179 json

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 re…

published 2014-01-13 12 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2013-0217

cvss
1.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • memcached Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.4.13-0.2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-0179

  • memcached OpenStack Cloud 6 1.4.39-3.3.1
  • memcached OpenStack Cloud 7, Enterprise Storage 4 1.4.39-3.3.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:0807-1SUSE-SU-2018:0778-1

  • memcached openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.4.33-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10021-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2013-0179 updated cvss 1.8

memcached: DoS due to buffer overrun when printing out keys to be deleted in verbose mode

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 memcached
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • code.google.com https://code.google.com/p/memcached/issues/detail?id=306 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 1.8 AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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