| Name | CVE-2019-16396 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | medium |
| Debian Bugs | 940950 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| gnucobol (PTS) | bullseye, sid, buster | 2.2-5 | vulnerable |
| open-cobol (PTS) | jessie | 1.1-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 1.1-2 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| gnucobol | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | low | | 940950 |
| open-cobol | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
[buster] - gnucobol <ignored> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - open-cobol <ignored> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - open-cobol <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://sourceforge.net/p/open-cobol/bugs/587/