CVE-2020-10931
Memcached 1.6.x before 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted binary protocol header to try_read_command_binary in memcached.c.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 28.1%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Memcached 1.6.x before 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted binary protocol header to try_read_command_binary in memcached.c.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 28.14% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Affected
- memcached/memcached
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 28.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/02c6a2b62ddcb6fa4569a591d3461a156a636305Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/memcached/memcached/issues/629Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes162Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/02c6a2b62ddcb6fa4569a591d3461a156a636305Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/memcached/memcached/issues/629Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes162Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.