CVE-2016-2521

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Source

https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2521

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2521.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-2521

Downstream

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2521

Published

2016-02-28T04:59:00.120Z

Modified

2026-07-08T12:43:42.188800Z

Severity

7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the WiresharkApplication class in ui/qt/wireshark_application.cpp in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse riched20.dll.dll file in the current working directory, related to use of QLibrary.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/wireshark/wireshark

Affected ranges

Type

GIT

Repo

https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark

Events

Introduced

4fab41a1f0e14e9124ea6a61e7bae42e95599495

Last affected

59ea380c69dca2bc2f97fa97c1bf410bbcd2411c

Database specific

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{
    "cpe": [
        "cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "source": "CPE_STRING",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "1.12.0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.12.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.12.1"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.12.1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.12.2"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.12.2"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.12.3"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.12.3"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.12.4"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.12.4"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.12.5"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.12.5"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.12.6"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.12.6"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.12.7"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.12.7"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.12.8"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.12.8"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.12.9"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.12.9"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.0.0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.0.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.0.1"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

1.*

1.12.0

1.12.1

1.12.2

1.12.3

1.12.4

1.12.5

1.12.6

1.12.7

1.12.8

1.12.9

2.*

2.0.0

2.0.1

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2521.json"

Git / gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark