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CVE-2019-15767

Date: August 28, 2019

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (12)

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-15767

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ZA4UCVURQXNLUNFAMRLZBAFRHSEVC6Q/

Url: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2019-08/msg00004.html

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TGIICRUZRFAK5M7SNHZKR7SKE77SFKWE/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TB4FURVE4C35UDXGAAHJL5NIHJQ3WDZT/

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15767

Url: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2019-08/msg00005.html

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-15767

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ZA4UCVURQXNLUNFAMRLZBAFRHSEVC6Q/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TGIICRUZRFAK5M7SNHZKR7SKE77SFKWE/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TB4FURVE4C35UDXGAAHJL5NIHJQ3WDZT/

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2019-15767

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-787

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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