CVE-2018-1000127

N/A
Published: March 13, 2018 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:32 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxOpenStack

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

memcached version prior to 1.4.37 contains an Integer Overflow vulnerability in items.c:item_free() that can result in data corruption and deadlocks due to items existing in hash table being reused from free list. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity to the memcached service. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.4.37 and later.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.4.37
Affected range stops below 1.4.37, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (7)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2290
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/issues/271
x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1437
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00031.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3601-1/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4218

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-190CWE-667

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