{
    "id": "CVE-2015-8972",
    "published": "2017-01-23 21:59:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:35:35",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.03762",
    "epss_percentile": "0.89635",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-09 18:17:15",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 3,
        "label": "In your normal cycle",
        "why": "Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "gnu",
            "product": "chess"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}