Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 7, 2021· Updated Jan 12, 2025
CVE-2021-30184
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.
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Affected products
3- GNU/Chessdescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
6- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QC74RWMDLSQGV6Z3ZABNTPABB33S4YNF/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SOGPLC77ZL2FACSOE5MWDS3YH3RBNQAQ/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XXOTMUSBVUZNA3JMPG6BU37DQW2YOJWS/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-28mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2021-04/msg00000.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2021-04/msg00001.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
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