{"cve":"CVE-2009-4496","nvd":{"published":"2010-01-13T20:30:00.640","modified":"2026-06-16T23:13:46.657","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041271.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041274.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041285.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/39775","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508830/100/0/threaded"],"products":["boa:boa"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:55:32.599380760+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2009-4496","score":0.12403,"percentile":0.96208,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}