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Published CVEs affecting Mawk products: 1 record(s), with severity, exploitation and fixes.

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CVE-2017-20229 Critical · 9.8 CWE-787 Mar 28, 2026
MAWK 1.3.3-17 Stack-Based Buffer Overflow
MAWK 1.3.3-17 and prior contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by exploiting inadequate boundary checks on user-supplied input. Attackers can craft malicious input that overflows the stack buffer and execute a return-oriented programming chain to spawn a shell with application privileges.