CVE-2014-0027

Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-01-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

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.

Affected products

Cmu Flite: 1.4

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127748.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127776.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/59
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:032
http://www.osvdb.org/101948
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64791
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1048678
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127748.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127776.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/59
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:032
http://www.osvdb.org/101948

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