UBUNTU-CVE-2017-20229

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-20229

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-20229.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-20229

Upstream

CVE-2017-20229

Published

2026-03-28T12:16:00Z

Modified

2026-04-02T18:09:45.937835Z

Severity

9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
9.3 (Critical) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

Details

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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / mawk

Package

Name: mawk
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/mawk@1.3.3-17ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.3.3-17ubuntu1

1.3.3-17ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "mawk",
            "binary_version": "1.3.3-17ubuntu2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-20229.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / mawk

Package

Name: mawk
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/mawk@1.3.3-17ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.3.3-17ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "mawk",
            "binary_version": "1.3.3-17ubuntu2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-20229.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / mawk

Package

Name: mawk
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/mawk@1.3.3-17ubuntu3?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.3.3-17ubuntu2

1.3.3-17ubuntu3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "mawk",
            "binary_version": "1.3.3-17ubuntu3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-20229.json"