UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16396

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-16396
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16396.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16396
Upstream
Published
2019-09-17T22:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:47:53Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

GnuCOBOL 2.2 has a use-after-free in the endscopeofprogramname() function in cobc/parser.y via crafted COBOL source code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / open-cobol

Package

Name
open-cobol
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-cobol@1.1-1build2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.1-1build1
1.1-1build2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.1-1build2",
            "binary_name": "libcob1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.1-1build2",
            "binary_name": "libcob1-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.1-1build2",
            "binary_name": "open-cobol"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16396.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / open-cobol

Package

Name
open-cobol
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-cobol@1.1-2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.1-2",
            "binary_name": "libcob1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.1-2",
            "binary_name": "libcob1-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.1-2",
            "binary_name": "open-cobol"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16396.json"

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / gnucobol

Package

Name
gnucobol
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gnucobol@2.2-5?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.2-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2-5",
            "binary_name": "gnucobol"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2-5",
            "binary_name": "libcob4"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2-5",
            "binary_name": "libcob4-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.2-5",
            "binary_name": "open-cobol"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16396.json"