CVE catalog
CVE-2016-8704
memcached: CVE-2016-8704
- Severity
- Critical · CVSS 9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 23.17% · Oct 27, 2026
An integer overflow in the process_bin_append_prepend 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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | memcached | sid | 1.6.45-1 | fixed |
| Debian | memcached | forky | 1.6.45-1 | fixed |
| Debian | memcached | trixie | 1.6.38-1 | fixed |
| Debian | memcached | bookworm | 1.6.18-1 | fixed |
| Debian | memcached | bookworm-security | 1.6.18-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Alpine | memcached | 3.4 | 1.4.33-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | memcached | 3.5 | 1.4.33-r0 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 14.04 | 1.4.14-0ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 14.04 | 1.4.14-0ubuntu8 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 14.04 | 1.4.14-0ubuntu9 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 14.04 | 1.4.14-0ubuntu9.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 16.04 | 1.4.24-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 16.04 | 1.4.25-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 16.04 | 1.4.25-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 16.04 | 1.4.25-2ubuntu1.2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 14.04 | 1.4.14-0ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 14.04 | 1.4.14-0ubuntu8 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 14.04 | 1.4.14-0ubuntu9 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 14.04 | 1.4.14-0ubuntu9.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 16.04 | 1.4.24-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 16.04 | 1.4.25-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 16.04 | 1.4.25-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | memcached | 16.04 | 1.4.25-2ubuntu1.2 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | memcached | source | sid | 1.4.33-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [842811] |
| Debian | memcached | source | forky | 1.4.33-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [842811] |
| Debian | memcached | source | trixie | 1.4.33-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [842811] |
| Debian | memcached | source | bookworm | 1.4.33-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [842811] |
| Alpine | memcached | apk | 3.4 | 1.4.33-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2016-8704 | Not reported |
| Alpine | memcached | apk | 3.5 | 1.4.33-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2016-8704 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | memcached | deb | 14.04 | 1.4.14-0ubuntu9.1 | Not reported | USN-3120-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | memcached | deb | 16.04 | 1.4.25-2ubuntu1.2 | Not reported | USN-3120-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | memcached | deb | 14.04 | 1.4.14-0ubuntu9.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8704 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | memcached | deb | 16.04 | 1.4.25-2ubuntu1.2 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8704 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [memcached]Fixed
Details (2)
1.6.18-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.4.33-1dsa · memcached · debian · bookworm; dsa · memcached · debian · 12
1.6.18-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.4.33-1dsa · memcached · debian · bookworm; dsa · memcached · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [memcached]Fixed
Details (2)
1.6.38-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.4.33-1dsa · memcached · debian · 13
1.6.38-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.4.33-1dsa · memcached · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2016_2819.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2016-8704]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8704]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3704-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8704]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3120-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8704]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-8704.json]
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