Is CVE-2016-8706 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-8706 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-8706?

CVE-2016-8706 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-8706?

CVE-2016-8706 has an EPSS score of 45.70% (99th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-8706?

Upgrade memcached on debian 11 to 1.4.33-1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-8706

HIGHEPSS 99th pctl

8.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An integer overflow in process_bin_sasl_auth function in Memcached, which is responsible for authentication commands of Memcached binary protocol, can be abused to cause heap overflow and lead to remote code execution.

CWE-190Integer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

memcachedDebian

Fixed in:1.4.33-1CVE-2016-8706

memcachedUbuntu

Fixed in:1.4.14-0ubuntu9.1USN-3120-1

Fixed in:1.4.25-2ubuntu1.2USN-3120-1

TridentStack Control can deploy fixes like this automatically across your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet. See how it works

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

45.70%probability of exploitation in 30 days

99thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

talosintelligence.com

Other references5

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-190 (Integer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-16040	Medium	6.5	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11477	High	7.5	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-44443	High	7.8	94%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-0569	High	9.3	90%	-	-
CVE-2017-3599	High	7.5	90%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-21716	Critical	9.8	82%	-	Fix

Embed a live status badge for CVE-2016-8706

Markdown

[![CVE-2016-8706](https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2016-8706.svg)](https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2016-8706)

HTML

<a href="https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2016-8706"><img src="https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2016-8706.svg" alt="CVE-2016-8706"></a>

Find and fix vulnerabilities across your fleet

TridentStack Control continuously scans your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet for known vulnerabilities, prioritizes them by severity and active exploitation, and patches them automatically.

See how it works Start freeThis CVE lookup is free and always will be.

This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.