CVE-2021-30184General(fedoraproject / chess)

LOWCVSS 7.8 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD 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.

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-120

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

YES

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • chess
  • fedora

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • General: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Products
chessfedora

4 versions affected across 2 products

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-06-18: 106-18
Signal classification1 categories
General
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CPE platform detail4 entries

4 of 4 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
OSfedoraprojectfedora32--
OSfedoraprojectfedora33--
OSfedoraprojectfedora34--
Appgnuchess6.2.7--

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