UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14528

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14528
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14528.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14528
Upstream
Published
2019-08-02T14:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:45:29Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / open-cobol

Package

Name
open-cobol
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-cobol@1.1-1build2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.1-1build1
1.1-1build2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.1-1build2",
            "binary_name": "libcob1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.1-1build2",
            "binary_name": "libcob1-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.1-1build2",
            "binary_name": "open-cobol"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / open-cobol

Package

Name
open-cobol
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-cobol@1.1-2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.1-2",
            "binary_name": "libcob1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.1-2",
            "binary_name": "libcob1-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.1-2",
            "binary_name": "open-cobol"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / gnucobol

Package

Name
gnucobol
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gnucobol@2.2-5?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.2-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2-5",
            "binary_name": "gnucobol"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2-5",
            "binary_name": "libcob4"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2-5",
            "binary_name": "libcob4-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2-5",
            "binary_name": "open-cobol"
        }
    ]
}