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
Published Nov 15, 2016
8.4
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.42%
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.
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product Little Snitch version 3.0 through 3.6.1 Defaultn/a
- Version Little Snitch version 3.0 through 3.6.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Little Snitch version 3.0 through 3.6.1 | n/a |
|
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 3.1
- 3.1.1
- 3.3
- 3.3.1
- 3.3.2
- 3.3.3
- 3.3.4
- 3.4
- 3.4.1
- 3.4.2
- 3.5
- 3.5.1
- 3.5.2
- 3.5.3
- 3.6
- 3.6.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.42% (0.00417) | 33.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.42% (0.00417) | 33.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00052) | 13.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00077) | 35.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00077) | 33.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.08% (0.00077) | 31.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (2)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94352 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://speakerdeck.com/patrickwardle/defcon-2016-i-got-99-problems-but-little-snitch-aint-one x_refsource_MISC
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94352 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://speakerdeck.com/patrickwardle/defcon-2016-i-got-99-problems-but-little-snitch-aint-one | x_refsource_MISC |
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