PT-2019-14377 · Gnu+1 · Gnu Chess+1

Henry Ballentine · CVE-2019-15767 · Published 2019-08-29 · Updated 2025-01-16

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU Chess version 6.2.5

Description A stack-based buffer overflow issue exists in the cmd load function, located in frontend/cmd.cc, which can be triggered by a crafted chess position in an EPD file.

Recommendations For GNU Chess version 6.2.5, consider avoiding the use of crafted EPD files until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the loading of chess positions from untrusted sources to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-1953

ALT-PU-2025-1310

CVE-2019-15767

MGASA-2020-0194

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10799-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Gnu Chess

References · 19

• 🔥 https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2019-08/msg00004.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2019-08/msg00005.html · Exploit
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TB4FURVE4C35UDXGAAHJL5NIHJQ3WDZT · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2020-0194 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-15767 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-15767 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ZA4UCVURQXNLUNFAMRLZBAFRHSEVC6Q · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15767 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-15767 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/TB4FURVE4C35UDXGAAHJL5NIHJQ3WDZT · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TGIICRUZRFAK5M7SNHZKR7SKE77SFKWE · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-15767 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0194.html · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15767 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15767 · Security Note