What is CVE-2016-1239?

CVE-2016-1239 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Debian Duck. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-02-19.

How severe is CVE-2016-1239?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Debian Duck

CVE-2016-1239

duck before 0.10 did not properly handle loading of untrusted code from the current directory.

Published 2022-02-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (67.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 67.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Debian Duck — versions < 0.10

References

salsa.debian.org/debian/duck/-/commit/b43b5bbf07973c54b8f1c581a941f4facc97177a (Permissions Required, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1239?: CVE-2016-1239 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Debian Duck. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-02-19.
How severe is CVE-2016-1239?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.