What is CVE-2019-14486?

CVE-2019-14486 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnucobol Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2019-14486?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Gnucobol Project

CVE-2019-14486

GnuCOBOL 2.2 has a buffer overflow in cb_evaluate_expr in cobc/field.c via crafted COBOL source code.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2019-08-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (60.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-06.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 60.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Gnucobol Project — versions 2.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

sourceforge.net/p/open-cobol/bugs/582/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14486?: CVE-2019-14486 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnucobol Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2019-14486?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.