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CVE-2026-40468

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.1 Published: 2026-07-13 Modified: 2026-07-14

Description

Integer overflow vulnerability has been found in "builtin.c" program file of gawk. This issue may lead to memory exhaustion on the hosting operating system and could be used to overwrite gawk heap metadata and objects with attacker-controlled bytes. It affects gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.

Affected Platforms

Fossies Gawk

Weakness Type

CWE-190

References