CVE-2015-8972

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
Gnu
Status
Chess
Vendor
CVE Published:
23 January 2017

Summary

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.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/13/2
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/12
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/11
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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