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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-01-23T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:36:31.369Z

Reserved: 2016-11-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-8972

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-23T21:59:00.847

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:39:34.633

Link: CVE-2015-8972

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-10-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8972 - Bugzilla