CVE-2023-49993

Exp

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

Published: 2023-12-12 Last update: 2025-11-04 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-49993 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-49993

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-49993

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 0.07% 0.02% -0.05%
2 2025-11-18 0.03% 0.07% +0.04%
3 2025-04-15 — 0.03% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-49993

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
 1.8 3.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-49993

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-49993

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2023-49993 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (espeak-ng), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-49993
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-49993
suse medium CVE-2023-49993 severity moderate: SUSE including 11 source package names (espeak-ng-1.50-150300.3.3.1, espeak-ng-1.52.0-160000.2.2, …), 36 product×package rows across 7 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6, … (7 product lines)): Fixed 36. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-49993/
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-49993 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (espeak-ng), 9 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, lunar, mantic, noble, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 5, ignored 3, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-49993

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-49993

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
espeak-ng espeak-ng 1.52 cpe:2.3:a:espeak-ng:espeak-ng:1.52:dev:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-49993

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