CVE catalog

CVE-2010-3996

festival: CVE-2010-3996

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Low
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.32% · Oct 25, 2026

festival_server in Centre for Speech Technology Research (CSTR) Festival, probably 2.0.95-beta and earlier, places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianfestivalsid1:2.5.0-13not affected
Debianfestivalforky1:2.5.0-13not affected
Debianfestivaltrixie1:2.5.0-11not affected
Debianfestivalbookworm1:2.5.0-9not affected

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
DebianfestivalsourcesidNot affectedunimportantNot reportedNot reported
DebianfestivalsourceforkyNot affectedunimportantNot reportedNot reported
DebianfestivalsourcetrixieNot affectedunimportantNot reportedNot reported
DebianfestivalsourcebookwormNot affectedunimportantNot reportedNot reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [festival]Not affected
    Details (2)
    • 1:2.5.0-9 · amd64 · bookworm

      Not affected

      dsa · festival · debian · bookworm

    • 1:2.5.0-9 · arm64 · bookworm

      Not affected

      dsa · festival · debian · bookworm

  • [festival-dev]Not affected

    Source package: [festival]

    Details (2)
    • 1:2.5.0-9 · amd64 · bookworm

      Not affected

      dsa · festival · debian · bookworm

    • 1:2.5.0-9 · arm64 · bookworm

      Not affected

      dsa · festival · debian · bookworm

  • [festival-doc]Not affected

    Source package: [festival]

    Details (2)
    • 1:2.5.0-9 · all · bookworm

      Not affected

      dsa · festival · debian · bookworm

    • 1:2.5.0-9 · all · bookworm

      Not affected

      dsa · festival · debian · bookworm

Observed:

References