CVE-2016-7838

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Source

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7838

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7838.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-7838

Published

2017-06-09T16:29:01.330Z

Modified

2025-11-20T10:31:58.909092Z

Severity

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

Summary

[none]

Details

Untrusted search path vulnerability in WinSparkle versions prior to 0.5.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted executable file in an unspecified directory.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/vslavik/winsparkle

Affected ranges

Type: GIT
Repo: https://github.com/vslavik/winsparkle
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected

Fixed

bb454857348245a7397f9e4fbb3a902f4ac25913

Affected versions

v0.*

v0.1

v0.2

v0.3

v0.4

v0.5

v0.5.1

v0.5.2

Database specific

vanir_signatures

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            "threshold": 0.9
        },
        "source": "https://github.com/vslavik/winsparkle/commit/bb454857348245a7397f9e4fbb3a902f4ac25913",
        "target": {
            "file": "src/updatedownloader.cpp"
        },
        "deprecated": false
    },
    {
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "id": "CVE-2016-7838-44d8ca31",
        "digest": {
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        },
        "source": "https://github.com/vslavik/winsparkle/commit/bb454857348245a7397f9e4fbb3a902f4ac25913",
        "target": {
            "file": "src/updatedownloader.cpp",
            "function": "UpdateDownloader::CleanLeftovers"
        },
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    },
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        },
        "source": "https://github.com/vslavik/winsparkle/commit/bb454857348245a7397f9e4fbb3a902f4ac25913",
        "target": {
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        },
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]

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7838.json"