vulnerability

Arch Linux: Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2016-8705)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 6, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025

Description

Multiple integer overflows in process_bin_update function which is responsible for processing multiple commands of Memcached binary protocol can be abused to cause heap overflow and lead to remote code execution.

Solution

arch-linux-upgrade-latest

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