Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 5, 2010· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2010-3996
CVE-2010-3996
Description
festival_server in Centre for Speech Technology Research (CSTR) Festival, probably 2.0.95-beta and earlier, places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory.
Affected products
6cpe:2.3:a:cstr:festival:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
- cpe:2.3:a:cstr:festival:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cstr:festival:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cstr:festival:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cstr:festival:1.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cstr:festival:1.96:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cstr:festival:*:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.0.95
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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