CVE-2017-9951
HIGH7.5EPSS 1.7%memcached - security update
Published: 7/17/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The try_read_command function in memcached.c in memcached before 1.4.39 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a request to add/set a key, which makes a comparison between signed and unsigned int and triggers a heap-based buffer over-read. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8705.
Affected packages (4)
- Alpine/memcachedfrom 0, < 1.4.33-r1
- Debian/memcachedfrom 0, < 1.5.0-1
- Debian/memcachedfrom 0, < 1.4.13-0.2+deb7u3
- Debian/memcachedfrom 0, < 1.4.21-1.1+deb8u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |