When was CVE-2015-0278 disclosed?

CVE-2015-0278 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 18, 2015, with the most recent update on May 6, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2015-0278 actively exploited?

CVE-2015-0278 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 82.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2015-0278?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2015-0278, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2015-0278

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

libuv before 0.10.34 does not properly drop group privileges, which allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: 0.0(none)
EPSS: 82.0%
KEV: Not listed

References (14)

secalert@redhathttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0186.html
secalert@redhathttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:228
secalert@redhathttps://github.com/libuv/libuv/commit/66ab38918c911bcff025562cf06237d7fedaba0c
secalert@redhathttps://github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/215
secalert@redhathttps://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libuv/0JZxwLMtsMI/jraczskYWWQJ
secalert@redhathttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150526.html
secalert@redhathttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-10
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0186.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:228
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/libuv/libuv/commit/66ab38918c911bcff025562cf06237d7fedaba0c
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/libuv/libuv/pull/215
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libuv/0JZxwLMtsMI/jraczskYWWQJ
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150526.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-10

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