HIGH
libuv: incorrect revocation order while relinquishing privileges
Published May 18, 2015
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.24%
Description
libuv before 0.10.34 does not properly drop group privileges, which allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 21
Configuration 2
- ≤ 0.10.33
No data.
Red Hat Software Collections
nodejs010-libuv
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections | nodejs010-libuv | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.24% 0.03242
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03242
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 3.24% (0.03242) | 87.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.24% (0.03242) | 86.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 18, 2025 | 1.78% (0.01778) | 81.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.78% (0.02779) | 85.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.59% (0.00586) | 78.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.70% (0.00698) | 79.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.70% (0.00698) | 77.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (11)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0186.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:228 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0278 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1194651 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/libuv/libuv/commit/66ab38918c911bcff025562cf06237d7fedaba0c x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/215 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libuv/0JZxwLMtsMI/jraczskYWWQJ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150526.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0278
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-10 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0278
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0186.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:228 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0278 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1194651 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/libuv/libuv/commit/66ab38918c911bcff025562cf06237d7fedaba0c | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/215 | x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory | |
| https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libuv/0JZxwLMtsMI/jraczskYWWQJ | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150526.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0278 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-10 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0278 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published May 18, 2015
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Nov 18, 2014
Link CVE-2015-0278
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a