CVE-2010-1152 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 10.4% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
memcached.c in memcached before 1.4.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon hang or crash) via a long line that triggers excessive memory allocation. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 10.44% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2010-04-12 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| memcachedb | memcached |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | memcached 1.4.2 - Memory Consumption Remote Denial of Service | 2010-04-27 |
References
- http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/input_validation_vulnerability_in_memcached
- http://code.google.com/p/memcached/issues/detail?id=102
- http://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/75cc83685e103bc8ba380a57468c8f04413033f9
- http://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/d9cd01ede97f4145af9781d448c62a3318952719
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127074597129559&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127075341110616&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127075808518733&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39306
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023839
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0442
- http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/input_validation_vulnerability_in_memcached
- http://code.google.com/p/memcached/issues/detail?id=102
- http://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/75cc83685e103bc8ba380a57468c8f04413033f9
- http://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/d9cd01ede97f4145af9781d448c62a3318952719
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127074597129559&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127075341110616&w=2
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