CVE-2019-16396
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.14%
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.
How to fix CVE-2019-16396
To remediate CVE-2019-16396, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/gnucobol—upgrade to 4.0~early~20200606-1 or later
Is CVE-2019-16396 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.0~early~20200606-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |