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Vulnerability record · CVE-2019-15026 · published 30 August 2019

CVE-2019-15026: Memcached out-of-bounds read vulnerability

MMemcached · Memcached

memcached 1.5.16, when UNIX sockets are used, has a stack-based buffer over-read in conn_to_str in memcached.c.

7.5 CVSS 3.0 High EPSS 2.6% · top 15.0% CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds read
7.5CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 5.0
2.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
16References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

memcached 1.5.16, when UNIX sockets are used, has a stack-based buffer over-read in conn_to_str in memcached.c.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00060.html
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/554b56687a19300a75ec24184746b5512580c819 PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1517 Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00006.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EOD422IS2OPXRDID5EKFZHF
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FYGUBOEM5HX4GRMWVEKOJUF
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QDBV5OGV3FJDAH4NO4JSXNR
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4125-1/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00060.html
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/554b56687a19300a75ec24184746b5512580c819 PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1517 Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00006.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EOD422IS2OPXRDID5EKFZHF
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FYGUBOEM5HX4GRMWVEKOJUF
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QDBV5OGV3FJDAH4NO4JSXNR
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4125-1/

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2019-15026), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.