Name: CVE-2015-8972: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-01-23T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2015-8972, CWE-119, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.02387

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade gnuchess	Jul 30, 2024	Jan 23, 2017
Suse	—	Upgrade gnuchess	Nov 23, 2016	Nov 23, 2016
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Jan 23, 2017

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CVSS Details

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