Out-of-Bounds Affecting gnuchess package, versions <6.2.4-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.42% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-GNUCHESS-268507
  • published23 Jan 2017
  • disclosed23 Jan 2017

Introduced: 23 Jan 2017

CVE-2015-8972  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable gnuchess to version 6.2.4-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnuchess package and not the gnuchess package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Scores

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