GNU Chess vulnerabilities

4 CVEs affecting GNU Chess, 0 known to be exploited (CISA KEV), with EPSS scores. Latest: CVE-2021-30184, published 2021-04-07.

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CVE-2015-8972, published 2017-01-23. Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 3.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. 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…
CVE-2002-0204, published 2002-05-16. 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…
CVE-2021-30184, published 2021-04-07. High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. GNU Chess 6.2.7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted PGN (Portable Game Notation) data. This is related to a buffer overflow in the use of a .tmp.epd temporary file in the…
CVE-2019-15767, published 2019-08-29. High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. 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.