CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-40553

5.1 MEDIUM 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])
5.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/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])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-121

Description

Buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in "extension/readdir.c" program file of gawk (ftype() routine). This issue could be used to crash the program and potentially to achieve code execution, although the latter has not been confirmed to be feasible. It affects gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.

Affected configurations

• fossies gawk (<= 5.4.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow weakness

References