CVE-2020-22570

Publication date 22 August 2023

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

Description

Memcached 1.6.0 before 1.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted meta command.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
memcached 23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support

Notes

mdeslaur

introduced in 1.6.0

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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