CVE-2013-0179
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2013-0179 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2014-01-13 21:55:05 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| Description | The process_bin_delete function in memcached.c in memcached 1.4.4 and other versions before 1.4.17, when running in verbose mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a request to delete a key, which does not account for the lack of a null terminator in the key and triggers a buffer over-read when printing to stderr. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.8 from [email protected]
AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS: 0.013370000 probability, percentile 0.800780000 (date 2026-05-01)
Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
AdjacentAccess Complexity
HighAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Memcached | Memcached | 1.4.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Memcached | Memcached | 1.4.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Memcached | Memcached | 1.4.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Memcached | Memcached | 1.4.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Memcached | Memcached | 1.4.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Memcached | Memcached | 1.4.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Memcached | Memcached | 1.4.16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Memcached | Memcached | 1.4.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Memcached | Memcached | 1.4.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Memcached | Memcached | 1.4.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Memcached | Memcached | 1.4.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Memcached | Memcached | 1.4.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Memcached | Memcached | 1.4.9 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bug 895054 – CVE-2013-0179 memcached: DoS due to buffer overrun when printing out keys to be deleted in verbose mode | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| oss-security - CVE request: memcached DoS when printing out keys to be deleted in verbose mode | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | |
| Security Advisory SA56183 - Debian update for memcached - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| ReleaseNotes1417 - memcached - Release notes for Release 1.4.17 - Memcached - Google Project Hosting | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | code.google.com | |
| Google Code Archive - Long-term storage for Google Code Project Hosting. | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | code.google.com | |
| oss-security - Re: CVE request: memcached DoS when printing out keys to be deleted in verbose mode | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | |
| USN-2080-1: Memcached vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| memcached Verbose Mode Denial of Service Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Issue 306 - memcached - Crash when performing deletion - Memcached - Google Project Hosting | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | code.google.com | Exploit, Patch |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.