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CVE-2018-1000127

memcached: Integer Overflow in items.c:item_free()

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · April 27, 2017

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

memcached version prior to 1.4.37 contains an Integer Overflow vulnerability in items.c:item_free() that can result in data corruption and deadlocks due to items existing in hash table being reused from free list. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity to the memcached service. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.4.37 and later.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound