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Vulnerability record · CVE-2010-1152 · published 12 April 2010

CVE-2010-1152: Memcachedb memcached improper input validation vulnerability

Memcachedb · Memcached

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.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 10% · top 4.4% CWE-20 · Improper input validation
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
10%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
24References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/input_validation_vulnerability_in_memcached
http://code.google.com/p/memcached/issues/detail?id=102 Exploit
http://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/75cc83685e103bc8ba380a57468c8f04413033f9 Patch
http://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/d9cd01ede97f4145af9781d448c62a3318952719 Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127074597129559&w=2 Patch
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127075341110616&w=2 Patch
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127075808518733&w=2 Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/39306 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023839
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0442
http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/input_validation_vulnerability_in_memcached
http://code.google.com/p/memcached/issues/detail?id=102 Exploit
http://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/75cc83685e103bc8ba380a57468c8f04413033f9 Patch
http://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/d9cd01ede97f4145af9781d448c62a3318952719 Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127074597129559&w=2 Patch
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127075341110616&w=2 Patch
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127075808518733&w=2 Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/39306 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023839
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0442

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2010-1152), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.