ALPINE-CVE-2016-8704

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-8704
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-8704.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2016-8704
Upstream
Published
2017-01-06T21:59:01.790Z
Modified
2025-11-14T04:13:41.187085Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An integer overflow in the processbinappend_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.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.4 / memcached

Package

Name
memcached
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/memcached?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.33-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.4.5-r0
1.4.5-r1
1.4.6-r0
1.4.7-r0
1.4.10-r0
1.4.11-r0
1.4.13-r0
1.4.14-r0
1.4.15-r0
1.4.15-r1
1.4.15-r2
1.4.15-r3
1.4.15-r4
1.4.17-r0
1.4.18-r0
1.4.19-r0
1.4.20-r0
1.4.21-r0
1.4.21-r1
1.4.22-r0
1.4.22-r1
1.4.24-r0
1.4.25-r0
1.4.25-r1
1.4.25-r2

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-8704.json"

Alpine:v3.5 / memcached

Package

Name
memcached
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/memcached?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.33-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.4.5-r0
1.4.5-r1
1.4.6-r0
1.4.7-r0
1.4.10-r0
1.4.11-r0
1.4.13-r0
1.4.14-r0
1.4.15-r0
1.4.15-r1
1.4.15-r2
1.4.15-r3
1.4.15-r4
1.4.17-r0
1.4.18-r0
1.4.19-r0
1.4.20-r0
1.4.21-r0
1.4.21-r1
1.4.22-r0
1.4.22-r1
1.4.24-r0
1.4.25-r0
1.4.25-r1
1.4.25-r2
1.4.31-r0
1.4.32-r0

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-8704.json"