High severity · published Oct 27, 2023
CVE-2023-46852
In Memcached before 1.6.22, a buffer overflow exists when processing multiget requests in proxy mode, if there are many spaces after the "get" substring
7.5
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Memcached before 1.6.22, a buffer overflow exists when processing multiget requests in proxy mode, if there are many spaces after the "get" substring.
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)0.9% · higher than 60% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ME
Memcached · Memcached
before 1.6.22 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46852
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-46852
Patch
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/76a6c363c18cfe7b6a1524ae64202ac9db330767
Release Notes
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/compare/1.6.21...1.6.22
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