What is CVE-2019-14541?

CVE-2019-14541 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnucobol Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-08-02.

How severe is CVE-2019-14541?

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

Buffer overflow in Gnucobol Project

CVE-2019-14541

GnuCOBOL 2.2 has a stack-based buffer overflow in cb_encode_program_id in cobc/typeck.c via crafted COBOL source code.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2019-08-02 · 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: 0.011 (65.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-06.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 65.4% 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: 0.011 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Gnucobol Project — versions 2.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

sourceforge.net/p/open-cobol/bugs/584/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14541?: CVE-2019-14541 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnucobol Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-08-02.
How severe is CVE-2019-14541?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.