UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40553

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...

CVE-2026-40553

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...

CVE-2026-40553

CVE-2026-40553 affects GNU awk (gawk); a buffer/stack-based overflow in the extension/readdir.c ftype() routine can crash the process and, per the CVE description, potentially enable code execution, though this has not been confirmed. Vulnerable as of version 5.4.0 and earlier. No remediation det...