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Vulnerability_idVCID-qtdk-nuhx-w3hy
SummaryStack-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.
Aliases
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alias CVE-2015-8972
Fixed_packages
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url pkg:deb/debian/gnuchess@6.2.4-1?distro=trixie
purl pkg:deb/debian/gnuchess@6.2.4-1?distro=trixie
is_vulnerable false
affected_by_vulnerabilities
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url pkg:deb/debian/gnuchess@6.2.7-1?distro=trixie
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url pkg:deb/debian/gnuchess@6.2.7-1%2Bdeb12u1?distro=trixie
purl pkg:deb/debian/gnuchess@6.2.7-1%2Bdeb12u1?distro=trixie
is_vulnerable false
affected_by_vulnerabilities
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url pkg:deb/debian/gnuchess@6.2.9-0.1?distro=trixie
purl pkg:deb/debian/gnuchess@6.2.9-0.1?distro=trixie
is_vulnerable false
affected_by_vulnerabilities
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Affected_packages
References
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reference_url https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-8972.json
reference_id
reference_type
scores
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value 7.8
scoring_system cvssv3
scoring_elements CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
url https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-8972.json
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reference_url https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8972
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reference_type
scores
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value 0.02387
scoring_system epss
scoring_elements 0.85298
published_at 2026-06-04T12:55:00Z
url https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8972
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reference_url https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8972
reference_id
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scores
url https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8972
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reference_url https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1395209
reference_id 1395209
reference_type
scores
url https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1395209
Weaknesses
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cwe_id 121
name Stack-based Buffer Overflow
description A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).
Exploits
Severity_range_score7.8 - 7.8
Exploitabilitynull
Weighted_severitynull
Risk_scorenull
Resource_urlhttp://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-qtdk-nuhx-w3hy