diff --git a/documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.html b/documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.html
index 88602269c..9fefe00b4 100644
--- a/documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.html
+++ b/documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.html
@@ -9,8 +9,15 @@
 <body lang="en">
 <h1 align="center">EPICS Base Release 3.14.x</h1>
 
+<h4>dbStaticLib</h4>
+
+<p>Off-by-one buffer overflow error fixed in dbFindField() which only seemed to
+affect vxWorks-(intel) targets.</p>
+
 <h4>RTEMS</h4>
-<p>Added space for user extensions.  This provides the infrastructure for the spy command.</p>
+
+<p>Added space for user extensions.  This provides the infrastructure for the
+spy command.</p>
 
 <h4>libCom</h4>
 
diff --git a/src/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c b/src/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c
index a04403d37..e60425477 100644
--- a/src/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c
+++ b/src/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c
@@ -1753,7 +1753,7 @@ long epicsShareAPI dbFindField(DBENTRY *pdbentry,const char *pname)
     char  		**papsortFldName;
     short          	*sortFldInd;
     int			compare,ind;
-    char		fieldName[MAX_FIELD_NAME_LENGTH];
+    char		fieldName[MAX_FIELD_NAME_LENGTH+1];
     char		*pfieldName;
 
     if(!precordType) return(S_dbLib_recordTypeNotFound);
