CVE-2015-8212

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-01-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

CGI handling flaw in bozohttpd in NetBSD 6.0 through 6.0.6, 6.1 through 6.1.5, and 7.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments, which are handled by a non-CGI aware program.

Affected products

Netbsd: 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5 (+8)

References

http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2016-005.txt.asc
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035673
http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2016-005.txt.asc
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035673

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