PT-2023-9301 · Espeak-Ng+6 · Espeak-Ng+6

Seu-Ssl · Published 2023-12-12 · Updated 2025-11-04 · CVE-2023-49990

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Espeak-ng version 1.52-dev

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the SetUpPhonemeTable function, which can lead to a denial of service or potentially allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability is associated with the Espeak-ng speech synthesizer.

Recommendations For Espeak-ng version 1.52-dev, consider disabling the SetUpPhonemeTable() function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-120

Related Identifiers

AZL-34674

BDU:2024-06181

CVE-2023-49990

DLA-4198-1

MGASA-2024-0249

OESA-2024-1021

OESA-2024-1057

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14230-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2632-1

SUSE-SU-2024_2632-1

USN-6858-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Debian

Espeak-Ng

Linuxmint

Red Os

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 57

• 🔥 https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/issues/1824 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2024-1057 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2PZEBWPNKPAYJMIM3AS2RP3FL6FX3HS4 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/2PZEBWPNKPAYJMIM3AS2RP3FL6FX3HS4 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2024:2632-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-49991 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-49990 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0249.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-4198-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/Z5WW6RKHRWLEMCKCQ6UZCXWC5J7UWMUQ · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2024-1021 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49993 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-49993 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6858-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-49992 · Vendor Advisory