CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-40468

2.1 LOW Published 2026-07-13 Modified 2026-10-24 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-07-13
Last modified
2026-10-24
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-190

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 configurations

• fossies gawk (<= 5.4.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound weakness

References