CVE-2019-16396

7.8 highEPSS 1.2%

High (7.8) in gnucobol project gnucobol. EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 67% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-416
Published: 2019-09-17
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19