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.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8972
Reference (s):
- http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/chess?revision=134&view=revision
- MLIST:[bug-gnu-chess] 20151029 Buffer overflow issue in gnuchess
- URL: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2015-10/msg00002.html
- MLIST:[oss-security] 20161113 CVE needed? / gnuchess 6.2.4 fixed user input buffer overflow
- URL: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/13/2