CVE catalog

CVE-2019-15767

gnuchess: CVE-2019-15767

[CVE catalog]

Severity
High · CVSS 7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
1.47% · Oct 25, 2026

In GNU Chess 6.2.5, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in the cmd_load function in frontend/cmd.cc via a crafted chess position in an EPD file.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debiangnuchesssid6.2.9-0.1fixed
Debiangnuchessforky6.2.9-0.1fixed
Debiangnuchesstrixie6.2.9-0.1fixed
Debiangnuchessbookworm6.2.7-1+deb12u1fixed
Opensusegnuchesstumbleweed6.2.9-1.2fixed
Ubuntugnuchess18.046.2.5-1vulnerable
Ubuntugnuchess20.046.2.5-1vulnerable
Ubuntugnuchess20.046.2.5-1build1vulnerable

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debiangnuchesssourcesid6.2.7-1unimportantNot reported[936023]
Debiangnuchesssourceforky6.2.7-1unimportantNot reported[936023]
Debiangnuchesssourcetrixie6.2.7-1unimportantNot reported[936023]
Debiangnuchesssourcebookworm6.2.7-1unimportantNot reported[936023]
Opensusegnuchessrpmtumbleweed6.2.9-1.2Not reportedOPENSUSE-SU-2024:10799-1Not reported

[Debian bug #936023]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [gnuchess]Fixed
    Details (2)

    • 6.2.7-1+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 6.2.7-1

      dsa · gnuchess · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnuchess · debian · 12

    • 6.2.7-1+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 6.2.7-1

      dsa · gnuchess · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnuchess · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [gnuchess]Fixed
    Details (2)

    • 6.2.9-0.1 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 6.2.7-1

      dsa · gnuchess · debian · 13

    • 6.2.9-0.1 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 6.2.7-1

      dsa · gnuchess · debian · 13

[openSUSE Tumbleweed]

  • [gnuchess]Fixed

    Source package: [gnuchess]

    Details (1)

    • 6.3.0-1.5 · x86_64 · tumbleweed

      Fixed · Fixed: 6.2.9-1.2

      dsa · gnuchess · opensuse · tumbleweed

Observed:

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]