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CVE-2010-1152

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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.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2010-1183

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0442

http://securitytracker.com/id?1023839

http://secunia.com/advisories/39306

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127075808518733&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127075341110616&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127074597129559&w=2

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.html

http://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/d9cd01ede97f4145af9781d448c62a3318952719

http://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/75cc83685e103bc8ba380a57468c8f04413033f9

http://code.google.com/p/memcached/issues/detail?id=102

http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/input_validation_vulnerability_in_memcached

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-04-12

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.10441

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