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CVE-2014-0027

The play_wave_from_socket function in audio/auserver.c in Flite 1.4 allows local users to modify...

3.3 LowFix available

The play_wave_from_socket function in audio/auserver.c in Flite 1.4 allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/awb.wav. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Exploit likelihood

0.33%Down 0.7 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 3.3

The play_wave_from_socket function in audio/auserver.c in Flite 1.4 allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/awb.wav. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Record
CVE-2014-0027
CVSS 2.0
3.3 LowAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The play_wave_from_socket function in audio/auserver.c in Flite 1.4 allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/awb.wav. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Record
CVE-2014-0027
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-0128 No score

The play_wave_from_socket function in audio/auserver.c in Flite 1.4 allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/awb.wav. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Record
EUVD-2014-0128
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wp3x-6766-qrc3 No score

The play_wave_from_socket function in audio/auserver.c in Flite 1.4 allows local users to modify...

The play_wave_from_socket function in audio/auserver.c in Flite 1.4 allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/awb.wav. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Record
GHSA-wp3x-6766-qrc3
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

The play_wave_from_socket function in audio/auserver.c in Flite 1.4 allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/awb.wav. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Record
CVE-2014-0027
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2014-0027 No score

The play_wave_from_socket function in audio/auserver.c in Flite 1.4 allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/awb.wav. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0027
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2014-0047 No score

Updated flite package fixes CVE-2014-0027

Updated flite packages fix security vulnerability:

The play_wave_from_socket function in audio/auserver.c in Flite 1.4 allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/awb.wav (CVE-2014-0027).

Record
MGASA-2014-0047
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2014-0027 No score

The play_wave_from_socket function in audio/auserver.c in Flite 1.4 allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/awb.wav. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0027
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
flite
Debian:12
before 1.4-release-8
1.4-release-8
flite
Debian:13
before 1.4-release-8
1.4-release-8
flite
Debian:14
before 1.4-release-8
1.4-release-8
flite
Mageia:3
before 1.4-2.1.mga3
1.4-2.1.mga3
flite
Mageia:4
before 1.4-4.1.mga4
1.4-4.1.mga4

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2014-0027 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.3) in Cmu Flite, published January 26, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.33%, the 26th percentile. Fixed in flite 1.4-release-8.

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