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CVE-2013-7291

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-7291 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in memcached versions prior to 1.4.17 when operating in verbose mode. Remote attackers can crash the server by sending a request that triggers an "unbounded key print" during logging. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 1.8, indicating a low severity with an adjacent network attack vector, high access complexity, and only a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.4.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

1.8LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.2
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0093 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 122 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

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-2013-7291Low

memcached: remote DoS (crash) via a request that triggers "unbounded key print"

Jan 8, 2013

References

code.google.com / p/memcached/issues/detail
ExploitPatch
code.google.com / p/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1417
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/64989