CVE-2010-1152

Exp

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.

Published: 2010-04-12 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-1152 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.44%, 95th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-1152

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
33850 exploit_db edb 2010-04-27 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-1152

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 22.72% 10.44% -12.28%
2 2025-03-30 29.83% 22.72% -7.11%
3 2025-03-29 — 29.83% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-1152

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-1152

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-1152

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2010-1152 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (memcached), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-1152
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1152
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-1152 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (memcached), 10 status rows across 10 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): ignored 5, not-affected 3, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-1152

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-1152

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
memcachedb memcached <= 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:memcachedb:memcached:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
memcachedb memcached 0.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:memcachedb:memcached:0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
memcachedb memcached 0.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:memcachedb:memcached:0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
memcachedb memcached 0.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:memcachedb:memcached:0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
memcachedb memcached 0.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:memcachedb:memcached:0.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
memcachedb memcached 0.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:memcachedb:memcached:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
memcachedb memcached 0.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:memcachedb:memcached:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
memcachedb memcached 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:memcachedb:memcached:1.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
memcachedb memcached 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:memcachedb:memcached:1.0.1:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
memcachedb memcached 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:memcachedb:memcached:1.0.2:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
memcachedb memcached 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:memcachedb:memcached:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
memcachedb memcached 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:memcachedb:memcached:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
memcachedb memcached 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:memcachedb:memcached:1.1.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
memcachedb memcached 1.1.12 cpe:2.3:a:memcachedb:memcached:1.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
memcachedb memcached 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:memcachedb:memcached:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
memcachedb memcached 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:memcachedb:memcached:1.2.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
memcachedb memcached 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:memcachedb:memcached:1.2.1:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
memcachedb memcached 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:memcachedb:memcached:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
memcachedb memcached 1.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:memcachedb:memcached:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
memcachedb memcached 1.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:memcachedb:memcached:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
memcachedb memcached 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:memcachedb:memcached:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-1152

URL Tags
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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