CVE-2019-14528
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.18%
Description
GnuCOBOL 2.2 has a heap-based buffer overflow in read_literal in cobc/scanner.l via crafted COBOL source code.
How to fix CVE-2019-14528
To remediate CVE-2019-14528, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/gnucobol—upgrade to 3.0~rc1-2 or later
Is CVE-2019-14528 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 3.0~rc1-2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |