Integer overflow in Gnu Gawk
CVE-2026-40468
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-control…
Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow
Affected products
- Gnu Gawk — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cvd@cert.pl (patch)
- cvd@cert.pl (third-party-advisory)