CVE-2013-7239

memcached before 1.4.17 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by sending an invalid request with SASL credentials, then sending another request with incorrect SASL credentials.

Published: 2014-01-13 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-7239 is rated Moderate Risk (42.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.18%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-7239

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 0.34% 1.18% +0.84%
2 2025-03-30 0.53% 0.34% -0.19%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.53% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-7239

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:A)
Requires access to an adjacent network segment.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 6.5 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-7239

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-7239

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-7239 not yet assigned 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-2013-7239
gentoo normal CVE-2013-7239: 1 GLSA(s) (201406-13), 1 atom(s) (net-misc/memcached); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-7239
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7239
suse medium CVE-2013-7239 severity moderate: SUSE including 11 source package names (memcached-1.4.33-1.1, memcached-1.4.33-3.1, …), 18 product×package rows across 14 product lines (SUSE Enterprise Storage 4, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5, … (14 product lines)): Fixed 18. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7239/
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-7239 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (memcached), 6 status rows across 6 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): released 4, ignored 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7239

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-7239

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
memcached memcached <= 1.4.16 cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
memcached memcached 1.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
memcached memcached 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
memcached memcached 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
memcached memcached 1.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-7239

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