High severity · published Mar 24, 2020
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
7.5
CVSS
28.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)28.1% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ME
Memcached · Memcached
1.6.0 before 1.6.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10931
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-10931
Patch
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/02c6a2b62ddcb6fa4569a591d3461a156a636305
Exploit
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/issues/629
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes162
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