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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-8704

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.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 23.2%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 23.2%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.0
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
23.17% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-190
Affected
memcached/memcached
Source
talos-cna@cisco.com
EPSS trend
0%13%25%27 October 2026: 23.17%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 23.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.