CVE-2001-0956 describes a critical vulnerability in speechd versions 0.54 and earlier, specifically when integrated with the Festival or rsynth speech synthesis packages. This flaw allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the affected system by injecting shell metacharacters. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant risk, as it permits local attackers to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. While not currently on the CISA KEV catalog, an exploit for this vulnerability (EDB-21108) exists in ExploitDB, indicating that proof-of-concept code is publicly available, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or widespread community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.54CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:speechio:speechd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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