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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-10193

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.

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31 Oct 2026, 09:37 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2016-10193

core-osv · Original source

Published 3 Mar 2017, 15:59 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2016-10193
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10193",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-10193",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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        }
      ],
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:46:06.004975139Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/dejan/espeak-ruby/issues/7"
      ],
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
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