CVE-2015-8972 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in GNU Chess (gnuchess) versions prior to 6.2.4. Specifically, the ValidateMove function in frontend/move.cc is susceptible to arbitrary code execution when processing large inputs, particularly in UCI mode. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), indicating a severe risk with network-based attacks requiring no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 6.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:chess:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.