CVE-2017-9951 (GCVE-0-2017-9951)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-07-17 06:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 17:24
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Summary
The try_read_command function in memcached.c in memcached before 1.4.39 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a request to add/set a key, which makes a comparison between signed and unsigned int and triggers a heap-based buffer over-read. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8705.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
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2017-07-17 00:00
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