JLSEC-2026-788 Buffer overflow in gawk's `readdir.c` can cause denial of service and possible code execution

Buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in "extension/readdir.c" program file of gawk ftype routine. This issue could be used to crash the program and potentially to achieve code execution, although the latter has not been confirmed to be feasible. It affects gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below...

OESA-2026-3160 gawk security update

The gawk package is the GNU implementation of awk. The awk utility interprets a special-purpose programming language that makes it possible to handle simple data-reformatting jobs with just a few lines of code. Security Fixes: Use After Free vulnerability has been found in "io.c" program file of...

busybox: BusyBox: Denial of Service via crafted AWK script

A flaw was found in BusyBox. This vulnerability, a stack overflow in the evaluate function, allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service DoS by providing a specially crafted AWK script. A Denial of Service attack can make the affected system or application unavailable to legitimate users...

CVE-2026-38752

A flaw was found in BusyBox. This vulnerability, a stack overflow in the evaluate function, allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service DoS by providing a specially crafted AWK script. A Denial of Service attack can make the affected system or application unavailable to legitimate users...

EUVD-2026-44848

A stack overflow in the evaluate function editors/awk.c of BusyBox commit 371fe9 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service DoS via supplying a crafted AWK script...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-38752

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - A stack overflow in the evaluate function editors/awk.c of BusyBox commit 371fe9 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service DoS via supplying a crafted AWK...

CVE-2026-38752

A stack overflow in the evaluate function editors/awk.c of BusyBox commit 371fe9 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service DoS via supplying a crafted AWK script...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-38752

A stack overflow in the evaluate function editors/awk.c of BusyBox commit 371fe9 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service DoS via supplying a crafted AWK script...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-38752

A stack overflow in the evaluate function editors/awk.c of BusyBox commit 371fe9 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service DoS via supplying a crafted AWK script...

CVE-2026-38753

A use-after-free in the awksub function editors/awk.c of Busybox v1.38.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service DoS via supplying a crafted AWK script...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-38753

A use-after-free in the awksub function editors/awk.c of Busybox v1.38.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service DoS via supplying a crafted AWK script...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-38753

A use-after-free in the awksub function editors/awk.c of Busybox v1.38.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service DoS via supplying a crafted AWK script...

CVE-2026-38752

A stack overflow in the evaluate function editors/awk.c of BusyBox commit 371fe9 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service DoS via supplying a crafted AWK script...

CVE-2026-38753

A use-after-free in the awksub function editors/awk.c of Busybox v1.38.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service DoS via supplying a crafted AWK script...

CVE-2026-38753

CVE-2026-38753 affects Busybox v1.38.0 in the editors/awk.c file, specifically the awk_sub() function, where a use-after-free leads to Denial of Service when presented with a crafted AWK script. The available connected sources confirm the affected product and root cause, and describe the impact a...

CVE-2026-38753

A use-after-free in the awksub function editors/awk.c of Busybox v1.38.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service DoS via supplying a crafted AWK script...

CVE-2026-38752

A stack overflow in the evaluate function editors/awk.c of BusyBox commit 371fe9 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service DoS via supplying a crafted AWK script...

PT-2026-60312

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BusyBox affected versions not specified Description A stack overflow occurs in the evaluate function editors/awk.c when processing a specially crafted AWK script, which can lead to a Denial of Service DoS. A stack overflow is a condition where...

CVE-2026-38752

A stack overflow in the evaluate function editors/awk.c of BusyBox commit 371fe9 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service DoS via supplying a crafted AWK script...

PT-2026-57813

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions gawk versions 5.4.0 and earlier Description An integer overflow occurs in the builtin.c file. This issue can result in memory exhaustion on the hosting operating system and allow the overwriting of heap metadata and objects with...