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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2016-1253 json

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 allo…

published 2017-12-05 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-2352

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.8%
EPSS 4.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • debian most 5.0.0a-2.2, 5.0.0a-2.3
  • most Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.0.0a-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1253

  • most Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 5.0.0a-2.3+deb8u1build0.14.04.1
  • most Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 5.0.0a-2.3+deb8u1build0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1253

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Exploit prediction

4.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.