CVE-2016-7838

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Source

https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=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

2017-06-09T16:29:01Z

Modified

2026-07-08T10:53:56Z

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

Last Affected

89b714992c5059aa1379a7428c942838d21f0aa3

Fixed

bb454857348245a7397f9e4fbb3a902f4ac25913

Database specific

Show details

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    "extracted_events":  [
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            "introduced":  "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "0.5.2"
        }
    ],
    "source":  [
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    ]
}

Affected versions

v0.*

v0.1

v0.2

v0.3

v0.4

v0.5

v0.5.1

v0.5.2

Database specific

source

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

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vanir_signatures_modified

"2026-07-08T10:53:56Z"