OSV-2021-810 Global-buffer-overflow in SubstitutePhonemes

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A global buffer overflow in the phoneme substitution function can cause a crash, affecting applications using this text-to-speech library.

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Attackable
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Victim action needed
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Fix
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What is OSV-2021-810?

OSV-2021-810 is a memory corruption vulnerability in espeak-ng, published on 29 May 2021.

Official description

OSS-Fuzz report: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=34747

Crash type: Global-buffer-overflow READ 2
Crash state:
SubstitutePhonemes
MakePhonemeList
TranslateClause

Which versions are affected by OSV-2021-810?

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

PackageAffectedFixed in
espeak-ng OSS-FuzzAll versionsNone

How do I fix OSV-2021-810?

No fix has been published for OSV-2021-810 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-2021-810 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of OSV-2021-810 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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