CVE-2019-14528

HIGH

GnuCOBOL 2.2 - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in read_literal

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

GnuCOBOL 2.2 has a heap-based buffer overflow in read_literal in cobc/scanner.l via crafted COBOL source code.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceforge.net/p/open-cobol/bugs/583/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0097
EPSS Percentile 57.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (1)
gnucobol_project/gnucobol 2.2
Published Aug 02, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026