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CVE-2022-48571

memcached: Denial of Service via multi-packet uploads in UDP

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.1

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Published · August 22, 2023

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

A buffer overflow flaw was found in memcached. This issue occurs via multi-packet uploads in UDP, leading to a denial of service.

Statement

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 8 & 9 are not vulnerable as the issue is already fixed in memcached 1.6.8 and memcached 1.6.9.

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

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption