CVE catalog
CVE-2023-46853
memcached: CVE-2023-46853
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.76% · Oct 25, 2026
In Memcached before 1.6.22, an off-by-one error exists when processing proxy requests in proxy mode, if \n is used instead of \r\n.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | memcached | sid | 1.6.45-1 | fixed |
| Debian | memcached | forky | 1.6.45-1 | fixed |
| Debian | memcached | trixie | 1.6.38-1 | fixed |
| Debian | memcached | bookworm | 1.6.18-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | memcached | bookworm-security | 1.6.18-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 22.04 | 1.6.9+dfsg-1build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 22.04 | 1.6.12+dfsg-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 22.04 | 1.6.12+dfsg-3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 22.04 | 1.6.12+dfsg-4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 22.04 | 1.6.13-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 22.04 | 1.6.14-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 22.04 | 1.6.14-1ubuntu0.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | memcached | source | sid | 1.6.22-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | memcached | source | forky | 1.6.22-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | memcached | source | trixie | 1.6.22-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | memcached | source | bookworm | 1.6.18-1+deb12u1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | memcached | deb | 22.04 | 1.6.14-1ubuntu0.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-46853 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_13427-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46853]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-46853]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-46853]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2023/wid-sec-w-2023-2768.json]
[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]