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CVE-2011-4971

38
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-4971 describes multiple integer signedness errors in Memcached versions 1.4.5 and earlier, specifically within functions handling binary SASL authentication and data manipulation. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by sending a crafted packet with a large body length, causing the Memcached server to crash. Rated with a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity) and an EPSS score indicating a higher-than-average exploitability, this flaw has a readily available Metasploit module for exploitation, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
22.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2232 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 23,690 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5Fixed in: memcached
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: memcached

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-4971Low

memcached: specially crafted packet segmentation fault

May 15, 2011

References

insecurety.net
Exploit
code.google.com / p/memcached/issues/detail
ExploitPatch
secunia.com / advisories/56183
puppet.com / security/cve/cve-2011-4971
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-2832
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / bid/59567
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2080-1