CVE-2016-10193 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2017-03-03

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 1.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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:espeak-ruby_project:espeak-ruby:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-0162	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.
Github GHSA	GHSA-4jm3-pfpf-h54p	espeak-ruby allows arbitrary command execution

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.

The EPSS score is 0.0122.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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/dejan/espeak-ruby/issues/7

History

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Subscriptions

Espeak-ruby Project Espeak-ruby

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-03T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:14:42.399Z

Reserved: 2017-02-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-10193

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-03T15:59:00.367

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-10193

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-284

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