diff --git a/memcache/memcache.go b/memcache/memcache.go
index b2ebacd2..9bf694ec 100644
--- a/memcache/memcache.go
+++ b/memcache/memcache.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"math"
 	"net"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -541,17 +542,52 @@ func parseGetResponse(r *bufio.Reader, cb func(*Item)) error {
 // scanGetResponseLine populates it and returns the declared size of the item.
 // It does not read the bytes of the item.
 func scanGetResponseLine(line []byte, it *Item) (size int, err error) {
-	pattern := "VALUE %s %d %d %d\r\n"
-	dest := []interface{}{&it.Key, &it.Flags, &size, &it.CasID}
-	if bytes.Count(line, space) == 3 {
-		pattern = "VALUE %s %d %d\r\n"
-		dest = dest[:3]
-	}
-	n, err := fmt.Sscanf(string(line), pattern, dest...)
-	if err != nil || n != len(dest) {
+	errf := func(line []byte) (int, error) {
 		return -1, fmt.Errorf("memcache: unexpected line in get response: %q", line)
 	}
-	return size, nil
+	if !bytes.HasPrefix(line, []byte("VALUE ")) || !bytes.HasSuffix(line, []byte("\r\n")) {
+		return errf(line)
+	}
+	s := string(line[6 : len(line)-2])
+	var rest string
+	var found bool
+	it.Key, rest, found = cut(s, ' ')
+	if !found {
+		return errf(line)
+	}
+	val, rest, found := cut(rest, ' ')
+	if !found {
+		return errf(line)
+	}
+	flags64, err := strconv.ParseUint(val, 10, 32)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errf(line)
+	}
+	it.Flags = uint32(flags64)
+	val, rest, found = cut(rest, ' ')
+	size64, err := strconv.ParseUint(val, 10, 32)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errf(line)
+	}
+	if size64 > math.MaxInt { // Can happen if int is 32-bit
+		return errf(line)
+	}
+	if !found { // final CAS ID is optional.
+		return int(size64), nil
+	}
+	it.CasID, err = strconv.ParseUint(rest, 10, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errf(line)
+	}
+	return int(size64), nil
+}
+
+// Similar to strings.Cut in Go 1.18, but sep can only be 1 byte.
+func cut(s string, sep byte) (before, after string, found bool) {
+	if i := strings.IndexByte(s, sep); i >= 0 {
+		return s[:i], s[i+1:], true
+	}
+	return s, "", false
 }
 
 // Set writes the given item, unconditionally.
diff --git a/memcache/memcache_test.go b/memcache/memcache_test.go
index 4b60a15d..a0fa746d 100644
--- a/memcache/memcache_test.go
+++ b/memcache/memcache_test.go
@@ -424,3 +424,81 @@ func BenchmarkOnItem(b *testing.B) {
 		c.onItem(&item, dummyFn)
 	}
 }
+
+func BenchmarkScanGetResponseLine(b *testing.B) {
+	line := []byte("VALUE foobar1234 0 4096 1234\r\n")
+	var it Item
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		_, err := scanGetResponseLine(line, &it)
+		if err != nil {
+			b.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestScanGetResponseLine(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		line      string
+		wantKey   string
+		wantFlags uint32
+		wantCasid uint64
+		wantSize  int
+		wantErr   bool
+	}{
+		{name: "blank", line: "",
+			wantErr: true},
+		{name: "malformed1", line: "VALU foobar1234 1 4096\r\n",
+			wantErr: true},
+		{name: "malformed2", line: "VALUEfoobar1234 1 4096\r\n",
+			wantErr: true},
+		{name: "malformed3", line: "VALUE foobar1234 14096\r\n",
+			wantErr: true},
+		{name: "malformed4", line: "VALUE foobar123414096\r\n",
+			wantErr: true},
+		{name: "no-eol", line: "VALUE foobar1234 1 4096",
+			wantErr: true},
+		{name: "basic", line: "VALUE foobar1234 1 4096\r\n",
+			wantKey: "foobar1234", wantFlags: 1, wantSize: 4096},
+		{name: "casid", line: "VALUE foobar1234 1 4096 1234\r\n",
+			wantKey: "foobar1234", wantFlags: 1, wantSize: 4096, wantCasid: 1234},
+		{name: "flags-max-uint32", line: "VALUE key 4294967295 1\r\n",
+			wantKey: "key", wantFlags: 4294967295, wantSize: 1},
+		{name: "flags-overflow", line: "VALUE key 4294967296 1\r\n",
+			wantErr: true},
+		{name: "size-max-uint32", line: "VALUE key 1 2147483647\r\n",
+			wantKey: "key", wantFlags: 1, wantSize: 2147483647},
+		{name: "size-overflow", line: "VALUE key 1 4294967296\r\n",
+			wantErr: true},
+		{name: "casid-overflow", line: "VALUE key 1 4096 18446744073709551616\r\n",
+			wantErr: true},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var got Item
+			gotSize, err := scanGetResponseLine([]byte(tt.line), &got)
+			if tt.wantErr {
+				if err == nil {
+					t.Errorf("scanGetResponseLine() should have returned error")
+				}
+				return
+			}
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("scanGetResponseLine() returned error %s", err)
+				return
+			}
+			if got.Key != tt.wantKey {
+				t.Errorf("key = %v, want %v", got.Key, tt.wantKey)
+			}
+			if got.Flags != tt.wantFlags {
+				t.Errorf("flags = %v, want %v", got.Flags, tt.wantFlags)
+			}
+			if got.CasID != tt.wantCasid {
+				t.Errorf("flags = %v, want %v", got.CasID, tt.wantCasid)
+			}
+			if gotSize != tt.wantSize {
+				t.Errorf("size = %v, want %v", gotSize, tt.wantSize)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}