CVE-2016-10193

9.8 criticalEPSS 2.4%

The espeak-ruby gem before 1.0.3 for Ruby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a string to the speak, save, bytes or bytes_wav method in lib/espeak/speech.rb.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

9.8 critical

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

EPSS: 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 84% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-284
Published: 2017-03-03
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

espeak-ruby_project:espeak-ruby

Packages (OSV)

Advisory	Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
GHSA-4jm3-pfpf-h54p	RubyGems	espeak-ruby	<1.0.3	1.0.3

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/14
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/5
https://github.com/dejan/espeak-ruby/issues/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/14
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/5

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