How many CVEs does gnu have?

gnu has 1,264 published CVE records since 1999, including 169 in the last two years.

How many gnu CVEs are in CISA KEV?

Yes — 5 of gnu's CVEs are listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, confirmed exploited in the wild and carrying a CISA remediation deadline.

Which gnu products have the most CVEs?

The gnu products with the most published CVEs are Binutils, glibc, libredwg, gnutls, grub2.

What are the most common weakness types in gnu CVEs?

gnu's CVEs most often map to these CWE weakness types: CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write), CWE-122 (Heap-based Buffer Overflow), CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer), CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference).

Are there public exploits for gnu vulnerabilities?

Yes — 288 of gnu's CVEs have a known public exploit.

How many critical gnu vulnerabilities are there?

gnu has 104 critical and 479 high-severity CVEs.

What is the average severity of gnu CVEs?

The average CVSS base score across gnu's scored CVEs is 6.5.

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1,264 CVEs

5 in CISA KEV

gnu Vulnerabilities

Name: gnu vulnerability dataset (CVEs)
Creator: RadicalNotion.AI
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

CVE security advisories and vulnerability history for gnu.

1,264

Total CVEs

Published

5

In CISA KEV

Exploited in the wild

288

Public exploits

PoC or exploit code

6.5

Avg CVSS

1999–2026

Overview

gnu has 1,264 published CVE records since 1999, of which 5 are in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and 288 have a known public exploit. The average CVSS base score across scored CVEs is 6.5.

This page aggregates every publicly disclosed vulnerability (CVE) affecting gnu products, with severity breakdowns, the most-affected products, the most common weakness types, and the latest disclosures.

Security scorecard

A quick read on gnu's vulnerability posture, as a share of its 1,264 published CVEs.

Average CVSS: 6.5
Critical / high: 46%
Actively exploited (KEV): 0%
Public exploit available: 23%
Patch available: 83%

Severity and exploitation

How the CVSS severity of gnu's CVEs breaks down, plus how many are exploited in the wild or have public exploit code.

Critical104

High479

Medium585

Low96

In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

5

5 of gnu's CVEs are confirmed exploited in the wild.

Public exploits

288

288 of gnu's CVEs have a known public exploit available.

Most affected products

The gnu products with the most published CVEs. Follow any product to browse its versions and vulnerabilities.

Common weakness types

The CWE weakness categories most often found in gnu CVEs. Follow any weakness for its full explanation.

CNAs that assign these CVEs

The CVE Numbering Authorities that publish gnu CVE records.

Disclosure activity by year

How many gnu CVEs were published each year.

2019

96

2020

59

2021

88

2022

45

2023

78

2024

38

2025

93

2026

76

Latest gnu CVEs

The most recently disclosed vulnerabilities affecting gnu.

Stack-based buffer overflow in gawk
CWE-121
Medium · CVSS 5.1
EPSS 0.3%2026-07-13
Heap buffer overflow in gawk
CWE-190
Medium · CVSS 5.1
EPSS 0.2%2026-07-13
Heap buffer overflow in gawk
CWE-190
Low · CVSS 2.1
EPSS 0.2%2026-07-13
Use after free in gawk
CWE-416
Medium · CVSS 5.1
EPSS 0.2%2026-07-13
GNU LibreDWG R2004 Section Decompression decode.c decompress_R2004_section heap-based overflow
CWE-122
Medium · CVSS 4.8
EPSS 0.1%2026-07-13
GNU LibreDWG DWG File dwg.c dwg_next_entity null pointer dereference
CWE-476
Medium · CVSS 4.8
EPSS 0.1%2026-07-09
GNU LibreDWG BMP Image dwg.c dwg_bmp heap-based overflow
CWE-122
Medium · CVSS 4.8
EPSS 0.1%2026-07-09
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition in GNU patch
CWE-835
Medium · CVSS 4.6
EPSS 0.1%2026-07-09
NULL Pointer Dereference in GNU patch
CWE-476
Medium · CVSS 4.6
EPSS 0.1%2026-07-09
GNU Wget 1.25.0 Heap Buffer Overflow via HTML Attribute Encoding
CWE-190
Medium · CVSS 6.0
EPSS 0.2%2026-07-07
GNU Wget 1.25.0 Heap Buffer Overflow via convert_fname() in url.c
CWE-122
Medium · CVSS 6.0
EPSS 0.2%2026-07-07
GNU Wget 1.25.0 Integer Overflow via Content-Range Header Parsing
CWE-190
Medium · CVSS 6.9
EPSS 0.2%2026-07-07

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about gnu vulnerabilities.

How many CVEs does gnu have?: gnu has 1,264 published CVE records since 1999, including 169 in the last two years.
How many gnu CVEs are in CISA KEV?: Yes — 5 of gnu's CVEs are listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, confirmed exploited in the wild and carrying a CISA remediation deadline.
Which gnu products have the most CVEs?: The gnu products with the most published CVEs are Binutils, glibc, libredwg, gnutls, grub2.
What are the most common weakness types in gnu CVEs?: gnu's CVEs most often map to these CWE weakness types: CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write), CWE-122 (Heap-based Buffer Overflow), CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer), CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference).
Are there public exploits for gnu vulnerabilities?: Yes — 288 of gnu's CVEs have a known public exploit.
How many critical gnu vulnerabilities are there?: gnu has 104 critical and 479 high-severity CVEs.
What is the average severity of gnu CVEs?: The average CVSS base score across gnu's scored CVEs is 6.5.

References

Vulnerability data is sourced from the CVE Program; severity, KEV, and exploit signals are aggregated by RadicalNotion.AI.

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