CVE-2016-1253

critical
Published 2017-12-05 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
9.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1253

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/12/msg00020.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=848132

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed5.0.0a-3
debian debianbullseyefixed5.0.0a-3
debian debianforkyfixed5.0.0a-3
debian debiansidfixed5.0.0a-3
debian debiantrixiefixed5.0.0a-3
debian debian7.0not-affected
debian debian8.0not-affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
debianmost{"endExcluding":"5.0.0a-2.2"}5.0.0a-2.2

References

CWEs

CWE-78

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.