CVE-2018-1000127

HIGH

memcached <1.4.37 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2290
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00031.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3601-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4218
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1437
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/issues/271

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0100
EPSS Percentile 77.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-190 CWE-667
Status published
Products (8)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 17.10
debian/debian_linux 7.0
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
memcached/memcached < 1.4.37
redhat/openstack 10
Published Mar 13, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026