Vulnerability Instance

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    "vulnerability_id": "VCID-qtdk-nuhx-w3hy",
    "summary": "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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            "alias": "CVE-2015-8972"
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            "reference_id": "",
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                    "value": "7.8",
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                    "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
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                    "published_at": "2026-06-04T12:55:00Z"
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            "cwe_id": 121,
            "name": "Stack-based Buffer Overflow",
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