CVE-2016-8706
CVE-2016-8706 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Intelligence
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.
Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, talos
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Unreported
no source claims exploitation
EPSS
46%
chance of exploitation in 30 days
CVSS base
8.1
HIGH
Affected scope
The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.
Vendors (1)
Products (1)
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | CVSS 3.0 | HIGH | — | — | cvelistV5 |
References
6 on the record
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-12
vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3704
vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2819.html
vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94083
vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037333
vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
- www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0221/
x_refsource_MISC
Elsewhere on this site
- memcachedevery CVE for this vendor
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.