CVE-2016-8706: Memcached

High severity, CVSS 8.1. EPSS: 45.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Memcached Memcached: up to and including 1.4.31

Published 2017-01-06. Last modified 2026-06-17.