HIGH
speechd 0.54 and earlier, with the Festival or rsynth speech synthesis package, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters
Published Feb 2, 2002
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.58%
Description
speechd 0.54 and earlier, with the Festival or rsynth speech synthesis package, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.58% 0.01582
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01582
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.58% (0.01582) | 74.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.58% (0.01582) | 72.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.84% (0.00842) | 73.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.14% (0.00140) | 51.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 0.14% (0.00140) | 49.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.14% (0.00140) | 47.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.96% (0.01963) | 78.58th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01963) | 76.70th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01963) | 55.84th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (4)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-09/0089.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3326 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.speechio.org/speechd.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7121 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-09/0089.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitPatch | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3326 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.speechio.org/speechd.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7121 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 2, 2002
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Jan 31, 2002
Link CVE-2001-0956
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a