The default configuration of Centre for Speech Technology Research (CSTR) Festival 1.95 beta (aka 2.0 beta) on Gentoo Linux, SUSE Linux, and possibly other distributions, is run locally with elevated privileges without requiring authentication, which allows local and remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the local daemon on port 1314, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-0956. NOTE: this issue is local in some environments, but remote on others.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-4074 is rated High Risk (75.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.43%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +3.56% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 1.87% | 5.43% | +3.56% |
| 2 | 2026-01-24 | 1.73% | 1.87% | +0.14% |
| 3 | 2025-10-14 | — | 1.73% | — |
Full EPSS history (15 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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low | CVE-2007-4074 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (festival), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4074 |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2007-4074 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (festival), 8 status rows across 8 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, upstream): ignored 4, released 3, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-4074 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| centre_for_speech_technology_research | gentoo_linux | festival_1.95_beta | cpe:2.3:o:centre_for_speech_technology_research:gentoo_linux:festival_1.95_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| suse | suse_linux | — | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |