CVE-2013-7291

Exp

memcached before 1.4.17, when running in verbose mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request that triggers an "unbounded key print" during logging, related to an issue that was "quickly grepped out of the source tree," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0179 and CVE-2013-7290.

Published: 2014-01-13 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-7291 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.21%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-7291

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-7291

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 2025-03-30 0.35% 0.21% -0.14%
2 2025-03-29 0.21% 0.35% +0.14%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.21% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-7291

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
1.8 2.0 LOW
AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:A)
Requires access to an adjacent network segment.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
 3.2 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-7291

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-7291

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2013-7291 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-2013-7291
gentoo normal CVE-2013-7291: 1 GLSA(s) (201406-13), 1 atom(s) (net-misc/memcached); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-7291
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7291
suse low CVE-2013-7291 severity low: 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-2013-7291/
ubuntu low CVE-2013-7291 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (memcached), 6 status rows across 6 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): not-affected 4, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7291

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-7291

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-2013-7291

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