CVE-2015-8972

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-8972
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-01-23T21:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-02-24T20:58:33
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:chess:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 6.2.4
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/12 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/11 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/13/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/chess?revision=134&view=revision Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2015-10/msg00002.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8972
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8972
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:49:05 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 13:05:01 2017-01-23T21:59Z 2017-01-23T21:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 13:05:01 2020-02-24T20:58:33 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 13:05:01 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated