High severity · published Feb 11, 2020
CVE-2014-9748
The uv_rwlock_t fallback implementation for Windows XP and Server 2003 in libuv before 1.7.4 does not properly prevent threads from releasing the locks of other threads, which…
8.1
CVSS
2.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The uv_rwlock_t fallback implementation for Windows XP and Server 2003 in libuv before 1.7.4 does not properly prevent threads from releasing the locks of other threads, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging a race condition.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.5% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libuv · Libuv
before 1.7.4 · source: NVD
NO
Node.js · Nodejs
0.10.0 before 0.10.46; 0.12.0 before 0.12.15 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9748
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9748
Patch
https://github.com/libuv/libuv/issues/515
Patch
https://github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/516
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2723
groups.google.com
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libuv/KyNnGEXR0OA/NWb605ev2LUJ
groups.google.com
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/libuv/WO2cl9zasN8
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