CVE-2021-30184
HIGH7.8EPSS 0.66%gnuchess - security update
Published: 4/7/2021Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-30184
Description
GNU Chess 6.2.7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted PGN (Portable Game Notation) data. This is related to a buffer overflow in the use of a .tmp.epd temporary file in the cmd_pgnload and cmd_pgnreplay functions in frontend/cmd.cc.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/gnuchessfrom 0, < 6.2.7-1+deb11u1
- Debian/gnuchessfrom 0, < 6.2.7-1+deb11u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |