CVE-2023-46852 (GCVE-0-2023-46852)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-27 00:00 – Updated: 2024-09-09 15:36
VLAI
Summary
In Memcached before 1.6.22, a buffer overflow exists when processing multiget requests in proxy mode, if there are many spaces after the "get" substring.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-09 15:34 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
memcached memcached Affected: 0 , < 1.6.22 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:memcached:memcached:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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