{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8661 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8661 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2016-8661 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Little Snitch version 3.0 through 3.6.1, published on 15 Nov 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2016-8661 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2016-8661 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Little Snitch version 3.0 through 3.6.1, published on 15 Nov 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8661 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Little Snitch version 3.0 through 3.6.1. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8661/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8661/index.md)","id":"CVE-2016-8661","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8661/index.md","name":"CVE-2016-8661","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-pj5v-hc9m-mp8j"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"macOS firewall software","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Local attackers can exploit a buffer overflow in Little Snitch to gain root privileges and execute arbitrary code in the kernel.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"memory_corruption"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"obdev","cpe":[{"product":"little_snitch","vendor":"obdev"}],"cvss":{"score":8.4,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-119","name":"Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer"}],"description":"Little Snitch version 3.0 through 3.6.1 suffer from a buffer overflow vulnerability that could be locally exploited which could lead to an escalation of privileges (EoP) and unauthorised ring0 access to the operating system. The buffer overflow is related to insufficient checking of parameters to the \"OSMalloc\" and \"copyin\" kernel API calls.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Memory corruption in Little Snitch version 3.0 through 3.6.1","id":"CVE-2016-8661","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"memory_corruption","year":"2016"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER.","id":"CVE-2016-8662"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Denial of service in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-8660"},"products":["Little Snitch version 3.0 through 3.6.1"],"published":"2016-11-15","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Little Snitch","id":"CVE-2020-13095","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-06-30"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Little Snitch","id":"CVE-2017-2675","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-04-06"},{"cvss_score":5.5,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Little Snitch","id":"CVE-2019-13013","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-08-23"},{"cvss_score":5.5,"headline":"Little Snitch versions 4.4.0 fixes a vulnerability in a privileged helper tool.","id":"CVE-2019-13014","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-08-23"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-06","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Local attackers can exploit a buffer overflow in Little Snitch to gain root privileges and execute arbitrary code in the kernel.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8661/"}