CVE-2016-1253

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-12-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

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.

Affected products

Debian Most: before 5.0.0a-2.2; before 5.0.0a-2.3 — fixed in 5.0.0a-2.2, 5.0.0a-2.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Debian Most 5.0.0a-2.2, 5.0.0a-2.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

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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