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NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.","published":"2010-04-12T18:30:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:17:37.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["memcachedb/memcached"],"epss":{"score":0.10441,"percentile":0.9571,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2010-04-27","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":33850,"kind":"exploit","title":"memcached 1.4.2 - Memory Consumption Remote Denial of Service","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33850","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/dos/33850.txt","file":"exploits/linux/dos/33850.txt","published":"2010-04-27","added":"2010-04-27","updated":"2014-06-24","author":"fallenpegasus","type":"dos","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2010-1152","OSVDB-63600"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39577/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.4%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. 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