CVE-2013-7290

Severity: low (CVSS 1.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-01-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The do_item_get function in items.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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0179.

Affected products

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

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64988
https://code.google.com/p/memcached/issues/detail?id=306
https://code.google.com/p/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1417
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64988
https://code.google.com/p/memcached/issues/detail?id=306
https://code.google.com/p/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1417

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