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CVE-2002-0204

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-05-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in GNU Chess (gnuchess) 5.02 and earlier, if modified or used in a networked capacity contrary to its own design as a single-user application, may allow local or remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command.

Affected products

• GNU Chess: through 5.02

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101189688815514&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7991.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3949
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101189688815514&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7991.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3949

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