CVE-2016-8704 CRITICAL

CVE-2016-8704

Vendor Memcached
Product Memcached
Published January 6, 2017
Last update August 6, 2024

CVSS base score

9.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 6, 2017 CVE published
August 6, 2024 Record updated