CVE-2016-8661

High

Published: 15/11/2016(UTC)Translated: 15/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Summary

Little Snitch versions 3.0 through 3.6.1 have a buffer overflow vulnerability that could be locally exploited, leading to an escalation of privileges and unauthorized ring0 access to the operating system. The buffer overflow is related to insufficient checking of parameters to the 'OSMalloc' and 'copyin' kernel API calls.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability could allow attackers to gain higher privileges in the system, posing a serious threat to the integrity and security of the operating system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Little Snitch to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and implement additional security measures such as monitoring system access.

Other vulnerabilities in Little Snitch

CVE-2017-2675High
Little Snitch versions 3.0 through 3.7.3 have a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the installer part. The issue is related to the installation of the configuration file 'at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist', which gets installed to /Library/LaunchDaemons.

Original NVD description (English source)

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.