VDB
CVE-2015-8972
CVE-2015-8972
PUBLISHED
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 2.39% · 85.3th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
2.39%
85.3th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | gnuchess | 6.2.1-1, 0, 6.2.2-1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- [oss-security] 20161113 CVE needed? / gnuchess 6.2.4 fixed user input buffer overflow (circl)
- [oss-security] 20161114 Re: CVE needed? / gnuchess 6.2.4 fixed user input buffer overflow (circl)
- [oss-security] 20161114 Re: Re: CVE needed? / gnuchess 6.2.4 fixed user input buffer overflow (circl)
- http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/chess?revision=134&view=revision (circl)
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2015-10/msg00002.html (vulncheck-nvd)
Timeline
- Jan 23, 2017 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 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