CVE-2015-8972
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 3.8% (pctl 90)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3.76% — more likely to be exploited than 90% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-01-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| gnu | chess |
References
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2015-10/msg00002.html
- http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/chess?revision=134&view=revision
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/13/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/12
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2015-10/msg00002.html
- http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/chess?revision=134&view=revision
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/13/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/12
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