Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 14, 2026
Debian gawk: Integer overflow vulnerability has been found in "builtin.c" program file of gaw…
CVE-2026-40469
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.
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