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CVE-2023-49994: 
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A floating point exception vulnerability was discovered in Espeak-ng version 1.52-dev, specifically in the PeaksToHarmspect function within the wavegen.c file. The vulnerability was assigned CVE-2023-49994 and has been given a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.5 (Medium) (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability manifests as a floating point exception in the PeaksToHarmspect function located in wavegen.c. The issue was identified at line 456 of the source file. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 vector of CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H, indicating local access requirements and potential for high availability impact (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability affects the availability of the system by causing a floating point exception that can lead to program termination. The CVSS scoring indicates no impact on confidentiality or integrity, but a high impact on availability (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in several distributions including Fedora with version 1.51.1-6 and Debian bookworm with version 1.51+dfsg-10+deb12u2. Users are advised to update to the patched versions (Fedora Update, Debian Tracker).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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