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CVE-2020-10931

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-10931 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Memcached versions 1.6.x prior to 1.6.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash the Memcached daemon by sending a specially crafted binary protocol header. Rated 7.5 HIGH on CVSS, it is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to high availability impact. While the EPSS score indicates a low probability of exploitation, there is no public exploit code, Metasploit module, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.6.0, < 1.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
28.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2814 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-10931Important

memcached: mishandled memcpy into a stack-based buffer may lead to DoS

Mar 24, 2020

References

github.com / memcached/memcached/commit/02c6a2b62ddcb6fa4569a591d3461a156a636305
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / memcached/memcached/issues/629
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / memcached/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes162
Third Party Advisory