CVE-2022-48571

memcached 1.6.7 allows a Denial of Service via multi-packet uploads in UDP.

Published: 2023-08-22 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-48571 is rated Low Risk (36.2/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-48571

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 2025-11-21 0.34% 0.06% -0.28%
2 2025-11-18 0.06% 0.34% +0.28%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.06% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-48571

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-48571

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-48571

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-48571 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-2022-48571
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48571
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-48571 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (memcached), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, lunar, mantic, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 4, not-affected 3, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-48571

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-48571

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
memcached memcached 1.6.7 cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-48571

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