#VU85015 Stack-based buffer overflow in espeak-ng - CVE-2023-49991
Published: January 5, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU85015
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-49991
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
espeak-ng
espeak-ng
Software vendor:
espeak-ng
espeak-ng
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the CountVowelPosition() function in synthdata.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to pass a specially crafted file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.