High
Security advisory
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.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2016-2521
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 05:40 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:CVE-2016-2521
Complete source record
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