CVE-2009-1494

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-04-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The process_stat function in Memcached 1.2.8 discloses memory-allocation statistics in response to a stats malloc command, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by sending this command to the daemon's TCP port.

Affected products

Memcachedb Memcached: 1.2.8

References

http://code.google.com/p/memcachedb/source/browse/trunk/ChangeLog?spec=svn98&r=98
http://code.google.com/p/memcachedb/source/detail?r=98
http://code.google.com/p/memcachedb/source/diff?spec=svn98&r=98&format=side&path=/trunk/memcachedb.c
http://groups.google.com/group/memcached/browse_thread/thread/ff96a9b88fb5d40e
http://memcached.googlecode.com/files/memcached-1.2.8.tar.gz
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50444
http://code.google.com/p/memcachedb/source/browse/trunk/ChangeLog?spec=svn98&r=98
http://code.google.com/p/memcachedb/source/detail?r=98
http://code.google.com/p/memcachedb/source/diff?spec=svn98&r=98&format=side&path=/trunk/memcachedb.c
http://groups.google.com/group/memcached/browse_thread/thread/ff96a9b88fb5d40e
http://memcached.googlecode.com/files/memcached-1.2.8.tar.gz
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50444

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