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CVE-2016-8390

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-06-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

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.

Affected products

• Talos Hopper: 3.11.20

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93801
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0222
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93801
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0222

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