CVE-2015-0278
N/A
Published: May 18, 2015 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:19 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsFedoraNode.jsLibuv
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
libuv before 0.10.34 does not properly drop group privileges, which allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
95%
v ≤ 0.10.33
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0186.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:228x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/libuv/libuv/commit/66ab38918c911bcff025562cf06237d7fedaba0cx_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/215x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libuv/0JZxwLMtsMI/jraczskYWWQJVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150526.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-10Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-273
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