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CVE-2021-30184

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-30184 is a high-severity buffer overflow vulnerability in GNU Chess 6.2.7, allowing arbitrary code execution through specially crafted Portable Game Notation (PGN) data. This flaw affects GNU Chess and related Fedora Project distributions. The attack requires user interaction (UI:R) to load a malicious PGN file, but once triggered, it can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). Currently, there is no public exploit code available, and the vulnerability shows minimal community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low level of active exploitation or widespread awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:chess:6.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0177 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 11,617 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media 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.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2021-30184Moderate

gnuchess: buffer overflows in the cmd_pgnload() and cmd_pgnreplay() functions in frontend/cmd.cc

Apr 4, 2021

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00007.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QC74RWMDLSQGV6Z3ZABNTPABB33S4YNF
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SOGPLC77ZL2FACSOE5MWDS3YH3RBNQAQ
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XXOTMUSBVUZNA3JMPG6BU37DQW2YOJWS
lists.gnu.org / archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2021-04/msg00000.html
ExploitMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
lists.gnu.org / archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2021-04/msg00001.html
ExploitMailing ListVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202107-28
Third Party Advisory