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CVE-2016-8705

memcached: Server update remote code execution

Published Modified CWE 190
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (high), Amazon (high), Oracle (high), Ubuntu (high).

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.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.4memcached1.4.33-r0
alpine 3.5memcached1.4.33-r0
amazon linux 1memcached, memcached-debuginfo, memcached-devel1.4.15-9.13.amzn1
debian 11memcached1.4.33-1
debian 12memcached1.4.33-1
debian 13memcached1.4.33-1
debian 14memcached1.4.33-1
debian 7memcached1.4.13-0.2+deb7u2
debian 8memcached1.4.21-1.1+deb8u1
echomemcached1.4.33-1
Oracle Linux 6memcached, memcached-devel1.4.4-3.el6_8.1
Oracle Linux 7memcached, memcached-devel1.4.15-10.el7_3.1
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SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.4memcached1.4.33-r0
alpine 3.5memcached1.4.33-r0
amazon linux 1memcached1.4.15-9.13.amzn1
amazon linux 1memcached-debuginfo1.4.15-9.13.amzn1
amazon linux 1memcached-devel1.4.15-9.13.amzn1
debian 11memcached1.4.33-1
debian 12memcached1.4.33-1
debian 13memcached1.4.33-1
debian 14memcached1.4.33-1
debian 7memcached1.4.13-0.2+deb7u2
debian 8memcached1.4.21-1.1+deb8u1
echomemcached1.4.33-1
Oracle Linux 6memcached1.4.4-3.el6_8.1
Oracle Linux 6memcached-devel1.4.4-3.el6_8.1
Oracle Linux 7memcached1.4.15-10.el7_3.1
Oracle Linux 7memcached-devel1.4.15-10.el7_3.1
Red Hatmemcachedno fix listed
ubuntu 12.04memcached1.4.13-0ubuntu2.2
ubuntu 14.04memcached1.4.14-0ubuntu9.1
ubuntu 16.04memcached1.4.25-2ubuntu1.2
ubuntu 16.04-ESMmemcached1.4.25-2ubuntu1.2
ubuntu 16.10memcached1.4.25-2ubuntu2.1

References

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