CVE-2016-8339
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 28, 2016 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:54 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorRedis
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 15%
Description
A buffer overflow in Redis 3.2.x prior to 3.2.4 causes arbitrary code execution when a crafted command is sent. An out of bounds write vulnerability exists in the handling of the client-output-buffer-limit option during the CONFIG SET command for the Redis data structure store. A crafted CONFIG SET command can lead to an out of bounds write potentially resulting in code execution.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93283x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0206/x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/antirez/redis/commit/6d9f8e2462fc2c426d48c941edeb78e5df7d2977Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-16CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787
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