CVE-2019-15767
HIGHGNU Chess 6.2.5 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow via EPD File
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2019-08/msg00004.html
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2019-08/msg00005.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TB4FURVE4C35UDXGAAHJL5NIHJQ3WDZT/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ZA4UCVURQXNLUNFAMRLZBAFRHSEVC6Q/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TGIICRUZRFAK5M7SNHZKR7SKE77SFKWE/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0031
EPSS Percentile
53.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (1)
gnu/chess
6.2.5
Published
Aug 29, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026