UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15767

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-15767
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15767.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15767
Upstream
Published
2019-08-29T03:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:47:50Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - negligible
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / gnuchess

Package

Name
gnuchess
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gnuchess@6.2.5-1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*

6.2.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gnuchess",
            "binary_version": "6.2.5-1"
        }
    ],
    "priority_reason": "This is neutralized via building with hardening flags. No real impact."
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / gnuchess

Package

Name
gnuchess
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gnuchess@6.2.5-1build1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*

6.2.5-1
6.2.5-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gnuchess",
            "binary_version": "6.2.5-1build1"
        }
    ],
    "priority_reason": "This is neutralized via building with hardening flags. No real impact."
}