CVE-2002-0204: GNU Chess

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in GNU Chess (gnuchess) 5.02 and earlier, if modified or used in a networked capacity contrary to its own design as a single-user application, may allow local or remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command.

Affected products

• GNU Chess: up to and including 5.02

Published 2002-05-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.