CVE-2015-8972
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.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 9.8 Critical
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2017-01-23
- Last modified
- 2024-08-06
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Affected products
References
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2015-10/msg00002.html
- http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/chess?revision=134&view=revision
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/13/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/12
