CVE-2019-14468 describes a high-severity buffer overflow vulnerability in GnuCOBOL 2.2, specifically within the cb_push_op function in cobc/field.c, which can be triggered by specially crafted COBOL source code. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a high risk due to potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction but with low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnucobol_project:gnucobol:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.