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CVE-2016-8339

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 14.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2016-10-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

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.

Affected products

• Redis Labs Redis: 3.2.0, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93283
• http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0206/
• https://github.com/antirez/redis/commit/6d9f8e2462fc2c426d48c941edeb78e5df7d2977
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-16
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93283
• http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0206/
• https://github.com/antirez/redis/commit/6d9f8e2462fc2c426d48c941edeb78e5df7d2977
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-16

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