Bug 2254229 (CVE-2023-49990) - CVE-2023-49990 espeak-ng: buffer overflow in SetUpPhonemeTable function at synthdata.c
Summary: CVE-2023-49990 espeak-ng: buffer overflow in SetUpPhonemeTable function at sy...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-49990
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2254237
Blocks: 2254226
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Reported: 2023-12-12 19:26 UTC by Robb Gatica
Modified: 2023-12-18 05:11 UTC (History)
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A flaw was found in the espeak-ng package. A local attacker can use a specially-crafted payload to trigger a buffer overflow condition, which can lead to an application crash or allow for arbitrary code execution.
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Description Robb Gatica 2023-12-12 19:26:46 UTC 
CVE-2023-49990

Espeak-ng 1.52-dev was discovered to contain a buffer-overflow via the function SetUpPhonemeTable at synthdata.c.

https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/issues/1824
Comment 2 Robb Gatica 2023-12-12 20:12:33 UTC 
Created espeak-ng tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2254237]
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