{"id":"CVE-2015-8972","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-16T06:17:04.263957248Z","published":"2017-01-23T21:59:00Z","related":["openSUSE-SU-2024:10338-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2015-10/msg00002.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/chess?revision=134&view=revision"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/13/2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/11"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/12"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/13/2"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/11"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/12"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2015-10/msg00002.html"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/chess?revision=134&view=revision"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}