CVE-2001-0956
speechd 0.54 and earlier, with the Festival or rsynth speech synthesis package, allows attackers...
speechd 0.54 and earlier, with the Festival or rsynth speech synthesis package, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
speechd 0.54 and earlier, with the Festival or rsynth speech synthesis package, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.
- Record
CVE-2001-0956- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
speechd 0.54 and earlier, with the Festival or rsynth speech synthesis package, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.
- Record
CVE-2001-0956- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2001-0939 No score
speechd 0.54 and earlier, with the Festival or rsynth speech synthesis package, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.
- Record
EUVD-2001-0939- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-67cw-4jhh-3jm7 No score
speechd 0.54 and earlier, with the Festival or rsynth speech synthesis package, allows attackers...
speechd 0.54 and earlier, with the Festival or rsynth speech synthesis package, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.
- Record
GHSA-67cw-4jhh-3jm7- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | SpeechD 0.1/0.2 - Privileged Command Execution | 2001-09-11 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2001-0956 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Speechio Speechd, published September 11, 2001. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.58%, the 75th percentile. No source names a fixed version.