CVE-2023-49993

5.3 MEDIUM
Published: December 12, 2023 Modified: November 04, 2025
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Description

Espeak-ng 1.52-dev was discovered to contain a Buffer Overflow via the function ReadClause at readclause.c.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/issues/1826
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2PZEBWPNKPAYJMIM3AS2RP3FL6FX3HS4/
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z5WW6RKHRWLEMCKCQ6UZCXWC5J7UWMUQ/
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/issues/1826
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00050.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2PZEBWPNKPAYJMIM3AS2RP3FL6FX3HS4/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z5WW6RKHRWLEMCKCQ6UZCXWC5J7UWMUQ/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2PZEBWPNKPAYJMIM3AS2RP3FL6FX3HS4/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z5WW6RKHRWLEMCKCQ6UZCXWC5J7UWMUQ/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

9 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
5.3 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.0%
5th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-120

Affected Vendors

espeak-ng

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