CVE-2023-49994

2023-12-1221:55:12

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cve-2023-49994; local attacker; specially crafted payload; floating point exception error; denial of service; mitigation options

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

26.7%

JSON

A flaw was found in the espeak-ng package. A local attacker can use a specially crafted payload to trigger a floating point exception error, which may lead to a denial of service.

Mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.