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CVE-2016-8705
Multiple integer overflows in process_bin_update function in Memcached, which is responsible for processing multiple commands of Memcached…
Critical9.8EPSS 19.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- talos
Description
Multiple integer overflows in process_bin_update 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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By talos
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| talosCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 19.9% · top 2.6% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- multiple integer overflows
- CWE-190 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-190 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (8)
- GLSA-201701-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- DSA-3704 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2819 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 94083 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2820 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0059 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1037333 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0220/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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