High severity8.1NVD Advisory· Published Jan 6, 2017· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-8706
CVE-2016-8706
Description
An integer overflow in process_bin_sasl_auth function in Memcached, which is responsible for authentication commands of Memcached binary protocol, can be abused to cause heap overflow and lead to remote code execution.
Affected products
2Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
6- www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0221/nvdExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2819.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3704nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94083nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037333nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-12nvd
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