CVE-2016-10194

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2017-10-24. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
9.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 3%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

The festivaltts4r gem for Ruby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a string to the (1) to_speech or (2) to_mp3 method in lib/festivaltts4r/festival4r.rb.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EPSS
83.3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

March 3, 2017

Last Modified

May 13, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jun 21, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available

Command Injection · Issue #1 · spejman/festivaltts4r · GitHub

https://github.com/spejman/festivaltts4r/issues/1
generic

oss-security - Re: CVE requests: code injection in rubygem espeak-ruby and code injection in rubygem festivaltts4r

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/5
generic

oss-security - CVE requests: code injection in rubygem espeak-ruby and code injection in rubygem festivaltts4r

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/14

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
rubygemsfestivaltts4r—ghsa

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
RubyGems(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
festivaltts4r0.1.0, 0.1.1, 0.2.0——

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 39× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2016-10194?
CVE-2016-10194 is a critical vulnerability published on March 3, 2017. The festivaltts4r gem for Ruby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a string to the (1) tospeech or (2) tomp3 method in lib/festivaltts4r/festival4r.rb.
When was CVE-2016-10194 disclosed?
CVE-2016-10194 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 3, 2017, with the most recent update on May 13, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2016-10194 actively exploited?
CVE-2016-10194 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 83.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2016-10194?
CVE-2016-10194 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2016-10194?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2016-10194, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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