CVE-2021-35944
Couchbase Server 6.5.x, 6.6.x through 6.6.2, and 7.0.0 has a Buffer Overflow. A specially crafted...
Couchbase Server 6.5.x, 6.6.x through 6.6.2, and 7.0.0 has a Buffer Overflow. A specially crafted network packet sent from an attacker can crash memcached.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
7.5
Couchbase Server 6.5.x, 6.6.x through 6.6.2, and 7.0.0 has a Buffer Overflow. A specially crafted network packet sent from an attacker can crash memcached.
- Record
CVE-2021-35944- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Couchbase Server 6.5.x, 6.6.x through 6.6.2, and 7.0.0 has a Buffer Overflow. A specially crafted network packet sent from an attacker can crash memcached.
- Record
CVE-2021-35944- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-22579 No score
Couchbase Server 6.5.x, 6.6.x through 6.6.2, and 7.0.0 has a Buffer Overflow. A specially crafted network packet sent from an attacker can crash memcached.
- Record
EUVD-2021-22579- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7vvj-xvcf-6h4f No score
Couchbase Server 6.5.x, 6.6.x through 6.6.2, and 7.0.0 has a Buffer Overflow. A specially crafted...
Couchbase Server 6.5.x, 6.6.x through 6.6.2, and 7.0.0 has a Buffer Overflow. A specially crafted network packet sent from an attacker can crash memcached.
- Record
GHSA-7vvj-xvcf-6h4f- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-35944 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Couchbase Server, published September 29, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.09%, the 65th percentile. No source names a fixed version.