CVE-2001-0956 EXPLOIT
7.2
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.6% (pctl 75)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
speechd 0.54 and earlier, with the Festival or rsynth speech synthesis package, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.2 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 1.58% — more likely to be exploited than 75% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2001-09-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| speechio | speechd |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | SpeechD 0.1/0.2 - Privileged Command Execution | 2001-09-11 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-09/0089.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3326
- http://www.speechio.org/speechd.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7121
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-09/0089.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3326
- http://www.speechio.org/speechd.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7121
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