CVE-2015-8972

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Source

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8972

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-8972.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-8972

Related

Published

2017-01-23T21:59:00Z

Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25Z

Severity

9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / gnuchess

Package

Name: gnuchess
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/gnuchess?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

6.2.4-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:12 / gnuchess

Package

Name: gnuchess
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/gnuchess?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

6.2.4-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:13 / gnuchess

Package

Name: gnuchess
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/gnuchess?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

6.2.4-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}