#VU85018 Uncaught exception in espeak-ng - CVE-2023-49994

Vulnerability identifier: #VU85018

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-2023-49994

CWE-ID: CWE-248

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
espeak-ng

Software vendor:
espeak-ng

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the PeaksToHarmspect() function in wavegen.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.

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

• https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/issues/1823