Remote Code Execution via Integer Overflow in Memcached's process_bin_append_prepend Function

CVE-2016-8704 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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