CVE-2021-37519

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in authfile.c memcached 1.6.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted authenticattion file.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv3.1 5.5

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-07-26 CVE Reserved
2023-02-03 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-08-04 First Exploit
2024-08-26 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/issues/805	2024-08-04

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/pull/806/commits/264722ae4e248b453be00e97197dadc685b60fd0	2023-02-10

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Memcached Search vendor "Memcached"		Memcached Search vendor "Memcached" for product "Memcached"				1.6.9 Search vendor "Memcached" for product "Memcached" and version "1.6.9"		-		Affected