CVE-2023-49990

Summary

CVE-2023-49990 is a newly disclosed buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Espeak-ng version 1.52-dev. The issue lies within the function SetUpPhonemeTable in synthdata.c, which can be exploited by an attacker to overwrite memory beyond the intended bounds, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. This vulnerability poses a significant risk to systems that utilize Espeak-ng and is strongly advised to be patched as soon as possible.

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