Integer Overflow or Wraparound The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package memcached.src (opens in a new tab)
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- published20 Feb 2026
- disclosed31 Oct 2016
Introduced: 31 Oct 2016
CVE-2016-8705 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream memcached.src package and not the memcached.src package as distributed by RHEL.
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.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1390511
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8705
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2819.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2820.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3704
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94083
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037333
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0220/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0059
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-12