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.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade memcached | Sep 20, 2017 | Jan 6, 2017 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade memcached | Nov 11, 2016 | Nov 10, 2016 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Jan 6, 2017 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade memcached-develUpgrade memcached | Jan 27, 2017 | Nov 28, 2016 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade memcached | Nov 3, 2016 | Nov 3, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade memcached | Nov 14, 2016 | Nov 2, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-misc/memcached. | Oct 30, 2017 | Jan 6, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | — | Upgrade memcached | Nov 30, 2017 | Jan 6, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade service/memcached to version 1.4.33-0.175.3.16.0.3.0 on Solaris 11.3 | May 29, 2017 | Jan 6, 2017 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade memcached-develUpgrade memcached | Nov 23, 2016 | Oct 31, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade memcachedUpgrade memcached-develUpgrade memcached-debuginfo | Nov 23, 2016 | Nov 23, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade memcachedUpgrade memcached-devel | Jan 6, 2017 | Jan 6, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade memcached | Nov 3, 2016 | Nov 2, 2016 |
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