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.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 73.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-08-29 02:05Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 00:56Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-08-28
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4b948d8855b39826d6e95e64f12b7e6235f4ef56b6a39b4750477243afe90b05
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.gnu.orghttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2019-08/msg00004.html
- lists.gnu.orghttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2019-08/msg00005.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-8083181df6https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TB4FURVE4C35UDXGAAHJL5NIHJQ3WDZT/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-3eaf264c4bhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ZA4UCVURQXNLUNFAMRLZBAFRHSEVC6Q/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-dbccd7e9behttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TGIICRUZRFAK5M7SNHZKR7SKE77SFKWE/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- gnuchess Fixed in 6.2.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- gnuchess Fixed in 6.2.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- gnuchess Fixed in 6.2.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- gnuchess No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- gnuchess No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.