CVE-2016-10194

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Published Mar 3, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 2.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

The festivaltts4r gem for Ruby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a string to the (1) to_speech or (2) to_mp3 method in lib/festivaltts4r/festival4r.rb.

Analysis

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Affected Products

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:festivaltts4r_project:festivaltts4r:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-0223	The festivaltts4r gem for Ruby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a string to the (1) to_speech or (2) to_mp3 method in lib/festivaltts4r/festival4r.rb.
Github GHSA	GHSA-f7f4-5w9j-23p2	festivaltts4r allows arbitrary command execution

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.5% (2.549% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/14
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/5
https://github.com/spejman/festivaltts4r/issues/1

History

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Subscriptions

Festivaltts4r Project Festivaltts4r

Weaknesses

CWE-77
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 3:14 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Mar 3, 2017, 3:00 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 3:14 AM
Reserved: Feb 1, 2017, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:39 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 3, 2017, 3:59 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:39 AM

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