What is CVE-2016-7838?

CVE-2016-7838 is a high-severity vulnerability in Winsparkle, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-06-09.

How severe is CVE-2016-7838?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Winsparkle

CVE-2016-7838

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.

Published 2017-06-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.026 (84.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Winsparkle — versions versions prior to 0.5.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

References

jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN96681653/index.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.wireshark.org/news/20161214.html (Vendor Advisory)
github.com/vslavik/winsparkle/commit/bb454857348245a7397f9e4fbb3a902f4ac25913 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN90813656/index.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95099 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7838?: CVE-2016-7838 is a high-severity vulnerability in Winsparkle, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-06-09.
How severe is CVE-2016-7838?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.