CVE-2013-7291
memcached before 1.4.17, when running in verbose mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request that triggers an "unbounded key print" during logging, related to an issue that was "quickly grepped out of the source…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.93%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
memcached before 1.4.17, when running in verbose mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request that triggers an "unbounded key print" during logging, related to an issue that was "quickly grepped out of the source tree," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0179 and CVE-2013-7290.
- CVSS 2.0
- 1.8 LOWAV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.93% probability · 60th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- memcached/memcached
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64989
- https://code.google.com/p/memcached/issues/detail?id=306Exploit, Patch
- https://code.google.com/p/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1417Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64989
- https://code.google.com/p/memcached/issues/detail?id=306Exploit, Patch
- https://code.google.com/p/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1417Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.