The espeak-ruby gem before 1.0.3 for Ruby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a string to the speak, save, bytes or bytes_wav method in lib/espeak/speech.rb
Published Mar 3, 2017
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.45%
Description
The espeak-ruby gem before 1.0.3 for Ruby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a string to the speak, save, bytes or bytes_wav method in lib/espeak/speech.rb.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.0.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.45% (0.02448) | 83.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.46% (0.02459) | 82.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.22% (0.01220) | 77.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.68% (0.03681) | 79.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.30% (0.01300) | 78.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.56% (0.00556) | 78.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.54% (0.00539) | 76.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.54% (0.00539) | 73.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 59.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 18, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 58.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 56.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 34.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/14 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4jm3-pfpf-h54p Advisory
- https://github.com/dejan/espeak-ruby/commit/5251744b13bdd9fb0c72c612226e72d330bac143
- https://github.com/dejan/espeak-ruby/issues/7 x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/espeak-ruby/CVE-2016-10193.yml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10193
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/14 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/5 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4jm3-pfpf-h54p | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/dejan/espeak-ruby/commit/5251744b13bdd9fb0c72c612226e72d330bac143 | ||
| https://github.com/dejan/espeak-ruby/issues/7 | x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/espeak-ruby/CVE-2016-10193.yml | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10193 |
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