{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1253","details":"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.","modified":"2025-09-08T16:43:35Z","published":"2017-12-05T16:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-1253"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1253"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/14/3"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1253"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"most","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/most@5.0.0a-2.3+deb8u1build0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.0.0a-2.3+deb8u1build0.14.04.1"}]}],"versions":["5.0.0a-2.1","5.0.0a-2.3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"most","binary_version":"5.0.0a-2.3+deb8u1build0.14.04.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1253.json"}},{"package":{"name":"most","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/most@5.0.0a-2.3+deb8u1build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.0.0a-2.3+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"}]}],"versions":["5.0.0a-2.3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"most","binary_version":"5.0.0a-2.3+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1253.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}