High severity8.1NVD Advisory· Published Feb 11, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2014-9748
CVE-2014-9748
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.
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Affected products
4- libuv/libuvdescription
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References
5- github.com/libuv/libuv/issues/515nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/516nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/nodejs/node/pull/2723nvdThird Party Advisory
- groups.google.com/forum/nvd
- groups.google.com/forum/nvd
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