CVE-2013-7291
memcached: remote DoS (crash) via a request that triggers "unbounded key print"
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
Review impact separately from score.
Published · January 8, 2013
Updated · January 8, 2026
Description
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.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 1.8AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE not specified