CVE-2015-8972
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 2.4%Published: 1/23/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8972
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 packages (1)
- Debian/gnuchessfrom 0, < 6.2.4-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |