Integer overflow in Gnu Gawk

CVE-2026-40469

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 ve…

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

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