CVE-2015-8972 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2015-10/msg00002.html http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/chess?revision=134&view=revision http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/13/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/11 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/12

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8