VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-15767
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.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.47%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.47% probability · 72th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- gnu/chess
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ZA4UCVURQXNLUNFAMRLZBAFRHSEVC6Q/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TB4FURVE4C35UDXGAAHJL5NIHJQ3WDZT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TGIICRUZRFAK5M7SNHZKR7SKE77SFKWE/
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2019-08/msg00004.htmlExploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2019-08/msg00005.htmlExploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ZA4UCVURQXNLUNFAMRLZBAFRHSEVC6Q/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TB4FURVE4C35UDXGAAHJL5NIHJQ3WDZT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TGIICRUZRFAK5M7SNHZKR7SKE77SFKWE/
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2019-08/msg00004.htmlExploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2019-08/msg00005.htmlExploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.