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CVE-2016-10194 — Vulnerability in festivaltts4r — CVE Details

CRITICAL

festivaltts4r allows arbitrary command execution

Published October 24, 2017Updated November 8, 2023Source: osv

Summary

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`.

Advisory Timeline

  • First published October 24, 2017 (3275 days ago).
  • Last revised November 8, 2023 — 2205 days after initial publication.

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: rubygems (1).

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
festivaltts4r
rubygems
0.1.0, 0.1.1, 0.2.0Range-based data available

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2016-10194?
festivaltts4r allows arbitrary command execution This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.8/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2016-10194?
CVE-2016-10194 affects festivaltts4r. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2016-10194 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
9.8

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-f7f4-5w9j-23p2

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