CVE-2001-0956 json
speechd 0.54 and earlier, with the Festival or rsynth speech synthesis package, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell me…
published 2001-09-11 25 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-0939
- cvss
- 7.2
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.6%
- EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
- public exploits
- 1
- Exploit-DB
Summary
speechd 0.54 and earlier, with the Festival or rsynth speech synthesis package, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.
Patch / fix
Timeline
- First public exploit (EDB-21108)
- Published
Exploit prediction
1.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- EDB-21108 SpeechD 0.1/0.2 - Privileged Command Execution local, 2001-09-11
- archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-09/0089.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
- securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3326 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
References
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archives.neohapsis.com
/archives/bugtraq/2001-09/0089.html
mailing-list, exploit, patch
-
securityfocus.com
/bid/3326
vdb-entry, exploit, patch, vendor-advisory
-
speechio.org
/speechd.html
vendor-advisory
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exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
/vulnerabilities/7121
vdb-entry
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2001-0956
- NVD CVE-2001-0956
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