CVE-2013-0179

Severity: low (CVSS 1.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-01-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected products

Memcached: 1.4.4, 1.4.5, 1.4.6, 1.4.7, 1.4.8, 1.4.9 (+7)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/56183
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/14/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/14/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64978
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2080-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=895054
https://code.google.com/p/memcached/issues/attachmentText?id=306&aid=3060004000&name=0001-Fix-buffer-overrun-when-logging-key-to-delete-in-bin.patch&token=3GEzHThBL5cxmUrsYANkW03RrNY%3A1358179503096
https://code.google.com/p/memcached/issues/detail?id=306
https://code.google.com/p/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1417
http://secunia.com/advisories/56183
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/14/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/14/6

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