Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package yaws  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2510-YAWS-15028204
  • published17 Jan 2026
  • disclosed13 Jan 2010

Introduced: 13 Jan 2010

CVE-2009-4495  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:25.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream yaws package and not the yaws package as distributed by Ubuntu.

Yaws 1.85 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.