CVE-2009-4496: Boa

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 12.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Boa 0.94.14rc21 writes data to a log file without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow remote attackers to modify a window's title, or possibly execute arbitrary commands or overwrite files, via an HTTP request containing an escape sequence for a terminal emulator.

Affected products

• Boa Boa: version 0.94.14rc21 only

Published 2010-01-13. Last modified 2026-06-16.