CVE Catalog

CVE-2001-0956

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

speechd versions 0.54 and earlier, using the Festival or rsynth speech synthesis package, allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to gain control over the system, posing a serious security threat to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to a newer version of speechd that does not contain this vulnerability and to review the configuration of the speech synthesizer.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

speechd 0.54 and earlier, with the Festival or rsynth speech synthesis package, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS