CVE-2009-2415

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-08-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Multiple integer overflows in memcached 1.1.12 and 1.2.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving length attributes that trigger heap-based buffer overflows.

Affected products

Memcachedb Memcached: 1.1.12, 1.2.2

References

http://osvdb.org/56906
http://secunia.com/advisories/36133
http://secunia.com/advisories/37729
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/memcached/memcached_1.1.12-1+etch1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/memcached/memcached_1.2.2-1+lenny1.diff.gz
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1853
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35989
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00836.html
http://osvdb.org/56906
http://secunia.com/advisories/36133
http://secunia.com/advisories/37729
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/memcached/memcached_1.1.12-1+etch1.diff.gz

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