CVE-2014-9748
8.1
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.48%
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.
How to fix CVE-2014-9748
To remediate CVE-2014-9748, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/nodejs—upgrade to 4.0.0~dfsg-1 or later
Is CVE-2014-9748 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.0.0~dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |