[CVE-2026-40468] Integer overflow vulnerability has been found in "builtin.c" program file of gawk. This issue may le…

Descripción técnica

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.

Puntuación CVSS

Score: 9.1/10 — Severidad: CRITICAL — Estado NIST: Analyzed

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Productos afectados

Gawk — Fossies

Debilidades (CWE)

CWE-190

Fuente oficial

Publicado en NIST NVD.