CVE-2016-8704
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 23.2% (pctl 98)
Patch early
EPSS 23.2% — above the 10% action threshold.
Description
An integer overflow in the process_bin_append_prepend 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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 23.17% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-190 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-01-06 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| memcached | memcached |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2819.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2820.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3704
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94083
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037333
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0219/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0059
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-12
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2819.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2820.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3704
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94083
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037333
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0219/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0059
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-12
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