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CVE-2015-8972

critical

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ValidateMove function in frontend/move.cc in GNU Chess (aka gnuchess) before 6.2.4 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large input, as demonstrated when in UCI mode.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/12

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/11

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/13/2

http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/chess?revision=134&view=revision

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-01-23

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03207