CVE-2019-11596

HIGH

memcached <1.5.14 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In memcached before 1.5.14, a NULL pointer dereference was found in the "lru mode" and "lru temp_ttl" commands. This causes a denial of service when parsing crafted lru command messages in process_lru_command in memcached.c.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/issues/474
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3963-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0155
EPSS Percentile 81.5%
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-476
Status published
Products (4)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 19.04
memcached/memcached < 1.5.14
Published Apr 29, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026