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CVE-2013-7291
memcached before 1.4.17, when running in verbose mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request that…
Low1.8EPSS 0.93%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.8 | AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.93% · top 39% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (3)
- https://code.google.com/p/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1417 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 64989 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://code.google.com/p/memcached/issues/detail?id=306 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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