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.
https://github.com/dejan/espeak-ruby/issues/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/14
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2017-03-03
Updated: 2026-05-13
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Severity: High
Base Score: 9.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: Critical
EPSS: 0.0122