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CVE-2016-10193

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10193 describes a critical command injection vulnerability in the espeak-ruby gem prior to version 1.0.3. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by injecting shell metacharacters into strings passed to the speak, save, bytes, or bytes_wav methods. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no user interaction, leading 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 surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:espeak-ruby_project:espeak-ruby:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

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
2.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0243 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: espeak-rubyFixed in: 1.0.3

Vendor Advisories (1)

rubygemsGHSA-4jm3-pfpf-h54pcritical

espeak-ruby allows arbitrary command execution

Oct 24, 2017

References

github.com / dejan/espeak-ruby/issues/7
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/14
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/5
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory