Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-4990

High

Published: 11 October 2023

Published
11 October 2023
Modified
01 May 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0020 41.6th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-4990 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Espeak-Ng Espeak Ng. Its CVSS base score is 8.3 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 41.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Directory traversal vulnerability in MCL-Net versions prior to 4.6 Update Package (P01) may allow attackers to read arbitrary files.

CWE(s)
CWE-22

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

espeak-ng
espeak ng
≤ 1.52.0
mcl-collection
mcl-net firmware
≤ 4.6.0.30210

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References