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CVE-2015-8972

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Date: January 23, 2017

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (9)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8972
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/12
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8972
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/11
http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/chess?revision=134&view=revision
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-8972
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2015-10/msg00002.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/13/2
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-8972

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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