CVE-2016-8705
highpriority · attend · 46EPSS 0.199 · 97 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Multiple integer overflows in process_bin_update function in Memcached, which is responsible for processing multiple commands of Memcached binary protocol, can be abused to cause heap overflow and lead to remote code execution.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (2)
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references (25)
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- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2819.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2820.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037333cnnvd
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0220/cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0059cnnvd
- https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1433Patchcnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-12cnnvd
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3704cnnvd
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