CVE-2014-9748 Information

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

Reference

https://github.com/libuv/libuv/issues/515 https://github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/516 https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2723 https://groups.google.com/forum/!msg/libuv/KyNnGEXR0OA/NWb605ev2LUJ https://groups.google.com/forum/!topic/libuv/WO2cl9zasN8

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.1