# CVE-2013-0179: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via segmentation fault in memcached when verbose mode is enabled.

- **Severity:** Low 1.8 (`AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 13 Jan 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2013-0179, GHSA-w2x5-3r39-4jxq

## What is CVE-2013-0179?

CVE-2013-0179 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Jan 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The process_bin_delete function in memcached.c in memcached 1.4.4 and other versions before 1.4.17, when running in verbose mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a request to delete a key, which does not account for the lack of a null terminator in the key and triggers a buffer over-read when printing to stderr.

Weakness: CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0179?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Memcached Memcached.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-0179?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2013-0179 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0179 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2023-46853](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-46853/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-8704](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8704/): Integer overflow in Memcached (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-8705](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8705/): Integer overflow in Memcached (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-47783](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-47783/): Information disclosure in memcached (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2026-47784](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-47784/): Information disclosure in memcached (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-0179 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-0179 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Jan 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0179 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-0179/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-0179/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0179
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0179
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-0179

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