OSV-2021-1776 Stack-buffer-underflow in InterpretPhoneme

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A stack-buffer-underflow in font interpretation can cause a crash, requiring a patch to prevent denial of service.

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Attackable
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Fix
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What is OSV-2021-1776?

OSV-2021-1776 is a memory corruption vulnerability in espeak-ng, published on 29 Dec 2021.

Official description

OSS-Fuzz report: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=43037

Crash type: Stack-buffer-underflow READ 8
Crash state:
InterpretPhoneme
InterpretPhoneme2
CalcLengths

Which versions are affected by OSV-2021-1776?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including espeak-ng.

PackageAffectedFixed in
espeak-ng OSS-FuzzAll versionsNone

How do I fix OSV-2021-1776?

No fix has been published for OSV-2021-1776 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is OSV-2021-1776 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of OSV-2021-1776 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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