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CVE-2016-1253

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1253 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting the 'most' package in Debian Wheezy, Jessie, and unstable distributions. It allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by injecting shell metacharacters into the name of an LZMA-compressed file. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.0.0a-2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:debian:most:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 5.0.0a-2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:debian:most:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0483 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

debianvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
seclists.org / oss-sec/2016/q4/666
Issue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2016/12/msg00020.html
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94931
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry