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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-8706

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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1 Nov 2026, 07:11 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2016-8706

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Jan 2017, 21:59 UTC

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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