CVE-2021-30184

Description

GNU Chess 6.2.7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted PGN (Portable Game Notation) data. This is related to a buffer overflow in the use of a .tmp.epd temporary file in the cmd_pgnload and cmd_pgnreplay functions in frontend/cmd.cc.

Risk Information

Base Score

7.8

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.916

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Plays a game of chess, either against the user or against itself (USN-7336-1) gnuchess_6.2.7-1+deb11u1build0.22.04.1_amd64.deb	Linux
Plays a game of chess, either against the user or against itself (USN-7336-1) gnuchess_6.2.7-1+deb11u1build0.24.04.1_amd64.deb	Linux
Plays a game of chess, either against the user or against itself (USN-7336-1) gnuchess_6.2.7-1+deb11u1build0.24.10.1_amd64.deb	Linux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234