CVE-2010-3996

MediumCVSS 6.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.9/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 5, 2010
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2010-3996: Medium severity, CVSS 6.9 | Vulnix