CVE-2023-49992

Summary

CVE-2023-49992 is a recently disclosed stack buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Espeak-ng 1.52-dev. The issue lies within the RemoveEnding function in the dictionary.c file. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by providing specially crafted input to trigger the buffer overflow, potentially leading to code execution and system compromise. Users are strongly urged to update to the latest stable version of Espeak-ng to mitigate this risk.

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