CVE-2015-8972

Description

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/2016/11/14/12

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/11

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/13/2

http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/chess?revision=134&view=revision

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3