Is CVE-2013-7291 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2013-7291 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2013-7291?

CVE-2013-7291 has a CVSS v2 base score of 1.8 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2013-7291?

CVE-2013-7291 has an EPSS score of 0.93% (56th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2013-7291?

Upgrade memcached on debian 11 to 1.4.20-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2013-7291

LOW

1.8

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

memcached before 1.4.17, when running in verbose mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request that triggers an "unbounded key print" during logging, related to an issue that was "quickly grepped out of the source tree," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0179 and CVE-2013-7290.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

memcachedDebian

Fixed in:1.4.20-1CVE-2013-7291

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.93%probability of exploitation in 30 days

56thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 56% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Other references1

securityfocus.com

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CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-11882	High	7.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
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CVE-2015-0014	High	10.0	97%	-	-

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