CVE-2020-10931
mediumpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.281 · 98 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Memcached 1.6.x before 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted binary protocol header to try_read_command_binary in memcached.c.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (3)
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advisories (1)
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- BIT-memcached-2020-109312024-11-08vendor · osvUS
Memcached 1.6.x before 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted binary protocol header to try_read_command_binary in memcached.c.
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references (10)
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- https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/02c6a2b62ddcb6fa4569a591d3461a156a636305cnnvd
- https://github.com/memcached/memcached/issues/629cnnvd
- https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes162cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10931cnnvd
- https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/02c6a2b62ddcb6fa4569a591d3461a156a636305enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/memcached/memcached/issues/629enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes162enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/02c6a2b62ddcb6fa4569a591d3461a156a636305PatchThird Party Advisorynvd
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