CVE-2016-8390 describes an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in Hopper Disassembler 3.11.20, specifically affecting its parsing of ELF Section Headers. An attacker can craft a malicious ELF file to trigger this flaw, leading to attacker-controlled pointer arithmetic and a partially controlled out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction (opening the malicious file) but low attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.11.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cryptic-apps:hopper_disassembler:3.11.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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