CVE-2014-9748

HIGH

libuv < 1.7.4 - Denial of Service via Race Condition in Windows XP RWLock Implementation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/libuv/libuv/issues/515
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/516
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2723

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.0048
EPSS Percentile 65.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-362
Status published
Products (2)
libuv/libuv < 1.7.4
nodejs/node.js 0.10.0 - 0.10.46
Published Feb 11, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026