CVE catalog
CVE-2015-8972
gnuchess: CVE-2015-8972
- Severity
- Critical · CVSS 9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 3.76% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | gnuchess | sid | 6.2.9-0.1 | fixed |
| Debian | gnuchess | forky | 6.2.9-0.1 | fixed |
| Debian | gnuchess | trixie | 6.2.9-0.1 | fixed |
| Debian | gnuchess | bookworm | 6.2.7-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | gnuchess | tumbleweed | 6.2.4-1.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | gnuchess | 16.04 | 6.2.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnuchess | 16.04 | 6.2.2-1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | gnuchess | source | sid | 6.2.4-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | gnuchess | source | forky | 6.2.4-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | gnuchess | source | trixie | 6.2.4-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | gnuchess | source | bookworm | 6.2.4-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Opensuse | gnuchess | rpm | tumbleweed | 6.2.4-1.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10338-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [gnuchess]Fixed
Details (2)
6.2.7-1+deb12u1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
6.2.4-1dsa · gnuchess · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnuchess · debian · 12
6.2.7-1+deb12u1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
6.2.4-1dsa · gnuchess · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnuchess · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [gnuchess]Fixed
Details (2)
6.2.9-0.1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
6.2.4-1dsa · gnuchess · debian · 13
6.2.9-0.1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
6.2.4-1dsa · gnuchess · debian · 13
[openSUSE Tumbleweed]
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_10338-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8972]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8972]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10338-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8972]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]