CVE-2010-1152
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…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 10.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- memcached 1.4.2 - Memory Consumption Remote Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 33850dos, linuxpublished 27 Apr 2010Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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By redhat
- 14 days later
· 14 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.4% · top 4.2% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- [oss-security] 20100408 Re: CVE request -- memcached (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 39306 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/d9cd01ede97f4145af9781d448c62a3318952719 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/input_validation_vulnerability_in_memcached (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100408 CVE request -- memcached (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2010:013 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0442 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/75cc83685e103bc8ba380a57468c8f04413033f9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://code.google.com/p/memcached/issues/detail?id=102 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100408 Re: CVE request -- memcached (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 1023839 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2010:012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-1183 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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