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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-0027 is rated Low Risk (18.7/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.
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 | 2025-03-30 | 0.99% | 0.07% | -0.92% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 0.07% | 0.99% | +0.92% |
| 3 | 2025-03-17 | — | 0.07% | — |
Full EPSS history (5 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.3 | 2.0 | LOW |
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3.4 | 4.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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low | CVE-2014-0027 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (flite), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0027 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0027 |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2014-0027 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (flite), 13 status rows across 13 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 7, ignored 5, released 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0027 |