CVE catalog
CVE-2019-16396
gnucobol: CVE-2019-16396
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.18% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | gnucobol | sid | 5 | fixed |
| Debian | gnucobol | forky | 5 | fixed |
| Debian | gnucobol | trixie | 5 | fixed |
| Debian | gnucobol | bookworm | 5 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | open-cobol | 16.04 | 1.1-1build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | open-cobol | 16.04 | 1.1-1build2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | open-cobol | 18.04 | 1.1-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnucobol | 20.04 | 2.2-5 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | gnucobol | source | sid | 4.0~early~20200606-1 | low | Not reported | [940950] |
| Debian | gnucobol | source | forky | 4.0~early~20200606-1 | low | Not reported | [940950] |
| Debian | gnucobol | source | trixie | 4.0~early~20200606-1 | low | Not reported | [940950] |
| Debian | gnucobol | source | bookworm | 4.0~early~20200606-1 | low | Not reported | [940950] |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [gnucobol]Fixed
Details (2)
5· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.0~early~20200606-1dsa · gnucobol · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnucobol · debian · 12
5· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.0~early~20200606-1dsa · gnucobol · debian · bookworm; dsa · gnucobol · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [gnucobol]Fixed
Details (2)
5· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.0~early~20200606-1dsa · gnucobol · debian · 13
5· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.0~early~20200606-1dsa · gnucobol · debian · 13
Observed: