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
Published
2016-02-28T04:59:00.120Z
Modified
2026-04-10T03:49:17.349562Z
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
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
4fab41a1f0e14e9124ea6a61e7bae42e95599495
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
01b65bf3a8e3d2f856471b0bb5a7e38dabf815f3
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
898fa22ad39718f1a7cb9976f61a4f85e4e72b05
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
bb3e9a0fc7c94f7bde5b62aedfee06f748c1d37f
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
b4861da48fa018a82f674161b7335c2e269d33ec
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
5819e5b13c0bbd224fde5a4c900ad8e22f09b4cc
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
ee1fce6fb32c55cf1af2fe1778f67eb77c0ff8d4
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
7fc8978399fe7fe20bac8f2ef5f2f15eef4c4698
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
5b6e543233efc5c8abfd8edd6fbf717f7ec3f632
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
fadb421970e5e2103ebd15ca1e5d19b89d20efa0
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
9a73b827b22c7ce9132e939b9f07ec4425fc2aa6
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
59ea380c69dca2bc2f97fa97c1bf410bbcd2411c
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.12.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.12.1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.12.2"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.12.3"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.12.4"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.12.5"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.12.6"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.12.7"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.12.8"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.12.9"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.0.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

Other
backups/ethereal@18706
ethereal-0-3-15
start
ethereal-0.*
ethereal-0.3.15
v1.*
v1.11.0
v1.11.0-rc1
v1.11.1
v1.11.1-rc1
v1.11.2
v1.11.2-rc1
v1.11.3
v1.11.3-rc1
v1.11.4-rc1
v1.12.0
v1.12.0-rc1
v1.12.0-rc2
v1.12.0rc0
v1.12.0rc3
v1.12.1
v1.12.2
v1.12.2rc0
v1.12.3
v1.12.3rc0
v1.12.4
v1.12.4rc0
v1.12.5
v1.12.5rc0
v1.12.6
v1.12.6rc0
v1.12.7
v1.12.7rc0
v1.12.8
v1.12.8rc0
v1.12.9
v1.12.9rc0
v1.99.0
v1.99.0-rc1
v1.99.1
v1.99.10rc0
v1.99.1rc0
v1.99.2
v1.99.2rc0
v1.99.3
v1.99.3rc0
v1.99.4
v1.99.4rc0
v1.99.5
v1.99.5rc0
v1.99.6
v1.99.6rc0
v1.99.7
v1.99.7rc0
v1.99.8
v1.99.8rc0
v1.99.9
v1.99.9rc0
v2.*
v2.0.0
v2.0.0rc0
v2.0.0rc1
v2.0.0rc2
v2.0.0rc3
v2.0.1
v2.0.1rc0
wireshark-1.*
wireshark-1.11.3
wireshark-1.12.0
wireshark-1.12.1
wireshark-1.12.2
wireshark-1.12.3
wireshark-1.12.4
wireshark-1.12.5
wireshark-1.12.6
wireshark-1.12.7
wireshark-1.12.8
wireshark-1.12.9
wireshark-1.99.0
wireshark-1.99.1
wireshark-1.99.2
wireshark-1.99.3
wireshark-1.99.4
wireshark-1.99.5
wireshark-1.99.6
wireshark-1.99.7
wireshark-1.99.8
wireshark-1.99.9
wireshark-2.*
wireshark-2.0.0
wireshark-2.0.1

Database specific

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