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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-0179 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.34%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2025-04-11 | 1.77% | 1.34% | -0.43% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 1.88% | 1.77% | -0.10% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 1.88% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | 2.0 | LOW |
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3.2 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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low | CVE-2013-0179 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-2013-0179 |
gentoo
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normal | CVE-2013-0179: 1 GLSA(s) (201406-13), 1 atom(s) (net-misc/memcached); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-0179 |
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0179 |
suse
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low | CVE-2013-0179 severity low: SUSE including 17 source package names (memcached, memcached-1.4.33-1.1, …), 118 product×package rows across 72 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5, … (72 product lines)): Known Not Affected 100, Fixed 18. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0179/ |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2013-0179 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (memcached), 8 status rows across 8 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): released 4, ignored 3, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0179 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| memcached | memcached | 1.4.4 | cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| memcached | memcached | 1.4.5 | cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| memcached | memcached | 1.4.6 | cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| memcached | memcached | 1.4.7 | cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| memcached | memcached | 1.4.8 | cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| memcached | memcached | 1.4.9 | cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| memcached | memcached | 1.4.10 | cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| memcached | memcached | 1.4.11 | cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| memcached | memcached | 1.4.12 | cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| memcached | memcached | 1.4.13 | cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| memcached | memcached | 1.4.14 | cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| memcached | memcached | 1.4.15 | cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| memcached | memcached | 1.4.16 | cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |