cve/2016/CVE-2016-8706.md

### [CVE-2016-8706](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8706)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0221/
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0221/

#### Github
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