VDB
CVE-2015-8972
CVE-2015-8972
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL
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 3.76% · 89.6th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
3.76%
89.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | gnuchess | 6.2.1-1, 0, 6.2.2-1 |
Timeline
- Jan 23, 2017 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 19, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 10, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 27, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 19, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 9, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8972 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8972 third-party-advisory
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2015-10/msg00002.html third-party-advisory
- http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc?view=rev&root=chess&revision=134 third-party-advisory