CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-8972
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-01-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
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.
Affected configurations
• gnu chess (< 6.2.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2015-10/msg00002.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/chess?revision=134&view=revision Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/13/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/11 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/12 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2015-10/msg00002.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/chess?revision=134&view=revision Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/13/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/11 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/12 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory