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CVE-2015-8972
Published: Jan 23, 2017
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[oss-security] 20161113 CVE needed? / gnuchess 6.2.4 fixed user input buffer overflow
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[oss-security] 20161114 Re: CVE needed? / gnuchess 6.2.4 fixed user input buffer overflow
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[oss-security] 20161114 Re: Re: CVE needed? / gnuchess 6.2.4 fixed user input buffer overflow
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http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/chess?revision=134&view=revision
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[bug-gnu-chess] 20151029 Buffer overflow issue in gnuchess
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