CVE-2019-16396

HIGH

GnuCOBOL 2.2 - Use-After-Free in end_scope_of_program_name

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

GnuCOBOL 2.2 has a use-after-free in the end_scope_of_program_name() function in cobc/parser.y 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/587/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0108
EPSS Percentile 60.9%
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-416
Status published
Products (1)
gnucobol_project/gnucobol 2.2
Published Sep 17, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026