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CVE-2016-8704

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
0.23173
Risk score
47.31
CISA KEV
No
PoC
No
Published
2017-01-06
Modified
2024-08-06
First seen
2026-08-07
Aliases
EUVD-2016-9543, GHSA-5HM6-WPG3-FV45
Products
Memcached:Memcached 1.4.31
Sources
euvd EUVD-2016-9543

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.

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