CVE-2014-0027: Cmu Flite

Low severity, CVSS 3.3. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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: version 1.4 only

Published 2014-01-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.