DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8972

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8972
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8972.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8972
Upstream
Published
2017-01-23T21:59:00.847Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:02:46.615365Z
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"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8972.json"

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"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8972.json"

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"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8972.json"

Debian:14 / 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"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8972.json"