CVE-2016-1253
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 4.8% (pctl 92)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
The most package in Debian wheezy before 5.0.0a-2.2, in Debian jessie before 5.0.0a-2.3+deb8u1, and in Debian unstable before 5.0.0a-3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the name of an LZMA-compressed file.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 4.83% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-78 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-12-05 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| debian | most |
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/666
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94931
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=848132
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/12/msg00020.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/666
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94931
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=848132
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/12/msg00020.html
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