Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 11, 2001· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2001-0956

Description

speechd 0.54 and earlier, with the Festival or rsynth speech synthesis package, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.

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Affected products

Speechio/Speechd2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:speechio:speechd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:speechio:speechd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=0.54
- (no CPE)range: <=0.54

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-09/0089.htmlnvdExploitPatch
www.securityfocus.com/bid/3326nvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
www.speechio.org/speechd.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7121nvd

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