Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 6, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-8704
CVE-2016-8704
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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Affected products
7- osv-coords4 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/memcached&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/memcached&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/memcached&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%206pkg:rpm/suse/memcached&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207
< 1.4.33-1.1+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.33-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.39-3.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.39-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.39-3.3.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0219/nvdExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2819.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2820.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3704nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94083nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037333nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0059nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-12nvd
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