7.5high
CVE-2016-8390
An exploitable out of bounds write vulnerability exists in the parsing of ELF Section Headers of Hopper Disassembler 3.11.20.
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.2%
percentile 68%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
An exploitable out of bounds write vulnerability exists in the parsing of ELF Section Headers of Hopper Disassembler 3.11.20. A specially crafted ELF file can cause attacker controlled pointer arithmetic resulting in a partially controlled out of bounds write. An attacker can craft an ELF file with specific section headers to trigger this vulnerability.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.19% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- Talos Hopper
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
References
- securityfocus.com /bid/93801 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- talosintelligence.com /vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0222 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-8390
- NVD: CVE-2016-8390
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