UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8972

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8972
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8972.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8972
Upstream
Published
2017-01-23T21:59:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:45:33Z
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
  • Ubuntu - negligible
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

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / gnuchess

Package

Name
gnuchess
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gnuchess@6.2.2-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*

6.2.1-1
6.2.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gnuchess",
            "binary_version": "6.2.2-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8972.json"