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CVE-2017-20229
9.8 CRITICAL
- CVSS version (CVSS): 3.1
- Attack Vector (AV): Network (N)
- Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
- Privileges Required (PR): None (N)
- User Interaction (UI): None (N)
- Scope (S): Unchanged (U)
- Confidentiality (C): High (H)
- Integrity (I): High (H)
- Availability (A): High (H)
- Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Network (N)
- Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
- Modified Privileges Required (MPR): None (N)
- Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
- Modified Confidentiality (MC): High (H)
- Modified Scope (MS): Unchanged (U)
- Modified Integrity (MI): High (H)
- Modified Availability (MA): High (H)
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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.
References
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ExploitDB-42357 exploit
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VulnCheck Advisory: MAWK 1.3.3-17 Stack-Based Buffer Overflow third-party-advisory
Affected products
MAWK
- ==1.3.3-17
Matching in nixpkgs
pkgs.mawk
Interpreter for the AWK Programming Language
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nixos-unstable 1.3.4-20240819
- nixpkgs-unstable 1.3.4-20240819
- nixos-unstable-small 1.3.4-20240819
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nixos-25.11 1.3.4-20240819
- nixos-25.11-small 1.3.4-20240819
- nixpkgs-25.11-darwin 1.3.4-20240819
Package maintainers
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@ehmry Emery Hemingway <ehmry@posteo.net>