High
Security advisory
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.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2016-8706
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- 1 Nov 2026, 07:11 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:CVE-2016-8706
Complete source record
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