CVE-2016-8706
HIGH8.1EPSS 51.8%Published: 1/6/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
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 packages (2)
- Alpine/memcachedfrom 0, < 1.4.33-r0
- Debian/memcachedfrom 0, < 1.4.33-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |