CVE-2019-16395

HIGH

GnuCOBOL 2.2 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow in cb_name() Function

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

GnuCOBOL 2.2 has a stack-based buffer overflow in the cb_name() function in cobc/tree.c via crafted COBOL source code.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceforge.net/p/open-cobol/bugs/586/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0099
EPSS Percentile 58.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (1)
gnucobol_project/gnucobol 2.2
Published Sep 17, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026