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.
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Heap buffer overflow in gawk | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-190 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: CERT-PL
Published:
Updated: 2026-07-13T13:01:07.290Z
Reserved: 2026-04-13T14:44:55.647Z
Link: CVE-2026-40469
Updated: 2026-07-13T13:01:03.311Z
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Updated: 2026-07-13T14:30:16Z
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