CVE-2026-40469 — Heap buffer overflow in gawk
Integer overflow vulnerability has been found in "builtin.c" program file of gawk (do_sub() routine). This issue could be used to overwrite gawk heap metadata and objects causin…
Published: 2026-07-13 · CVSS: 5.1 · CVSS 4.0
Integer overflow vulnerability has been found in "builtin.c" program file of gawk (do_sub() routine). This issue could be used to overwrite gawk heap metadata and objects causing the program to crash. It affects 32-bit builds of gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7