About “Race Condition”

A curated feed of “Race Condition”-related CVEs appears below. We currently track 2345 CVEs for this tag (all time). In the last 365 days, 591 were published. Average CVSS is 6.2 (all time; 6.6 over 365d), and 44% are rated High/Critical (all time). Top CWEs (last 365 days): CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition'), CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition, CWE-416 - Use After Free.

In our taxonomy this topic maps to a MODERATE impact class. Common exploitation patterns for this weakness can lead to moderate. Use the filters to triage high risk first and validate exposure in your environment. Use the filters below to sort by CVSS, risk and CWE. Each detail page highlights vendor advisories and mitigation tips.

CVEs tagged with this topic. Filters apply to the whole list (loaded from JSON).

CVSS ≥ 0.0
2005-05-02
Medium

CVE-2005-1111

Race condition in cpio 2.6 and earlier allows local users to modify permissions of arbitrary files via a hard link attack on a file while it is being decompressed, whose permissions are changed by cp…

Medium

CVE-2005-1125

Race condition in libsafe 2.0.16 and earlier, when running in multi-threaded applications, allows attackers to bypass libsafe protection and exploit other vulnerabilities before the _libsafe_die func…

Low

CVE-2005-1176

Race condition in JFS2 on AIX 5.2 and 5.3, when deleting a file while I/O is still occurring for that file, may write data to a different file, which could leak sensitive information.

2005-04-14
Medium

CVE-2004-1235

Race condition in the (1) load_elf_library and (2) binfmt_aout function calls for uselib in Linux kernel 2.4 through 2.429-rc2 and 2.6 through 2.6.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by m…

2005-03-15
Medium

CVE-2005-0767

Race condition in the Radeon DRI driver for Linux kernel 2.6.8.1 allows local users with DRI privileges to execute arbitrary code as root.

2005-03-08
Low

CVE-2005-0626

Race condition in Squid 2.5.STABLE7 to 2.5.STABLE9, when using the Netscape Set-Cookie recommendations for handling cookies in caches, may cause Set-Cookie headers to be sent to other users, which al…

2005-03-07
Medium

CVE-2005-0178

Race condition in the setsid function in Linux before 2.6.8.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly access portions of kernel memory, related to TTY changes, locking, a…

2005-01-10
Low

CVE-2004-1058

Race condition in Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to read the environment variables of another process that is still spawning via /proc/.../cmdline.

Medium

CVE-2004-1068

A "missing serialization" error in the unix_dgram_recvmsg function in Linux 2.4.27 and earlier, and 2.6.x up to 2.6.9, allows local users to gain privileges via a race condition.

Low

CVE-2004-1069

Race condition in SELinux 2.6.x through 2.6.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via SOCK_SEQPACKET unix domain sockets, which are not properly handled in the sock_dgram_s…

Low

CVE-2004-1191

Race condition in SuSE Linux 8.1 through 9.2, when run on SMP systems that have more than 4GB of memory, could allow local users to read unauthorized memory from "foreign memory pages."

2004-12-31
Low

CVE-2004-1445

A race condition in nessus-adduser in Nessus 2.0.11 and possibly earlier versions, if the TMPDIR environment variable is not set, allows local users to gain privileges.

Low

CVE-2004-2302

Race condition in the sysfs_read_file and sysfs_write_file functions in Linux kernel before 2.6.10 allows local users to read kernel memory and cause a denial of service (crash) via large offsets in…

Low

CVE-2004-2491

A race condition in Opera web browser 7.53 Build 3850 causes Opera to fill in the address bar before the page has been loaded, which allows remote attackers to spoof the URL in the address bar via th…

Medium

CVE-2004-2621

Nortel Contivity VPN Client 2.1.7, 3.00, 3.01, 4.91, and 5.01, when opening a VPN tunnel, does not check the gateway certificate until after a dialog box has been displayed to the user, which creates…

Medium

CVE-2004-2659

Opera offers an Open button to verify that a user wishes to execute a downloaded file, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to construct a race condition that tricks a user into clicking Open…

Medium

CVE-2004-2698

Race condition in IMWheel 1.0.0pre11 and earlier, when running with the -k option, allows local users to cause a denial of service (IMWheel crash) and possibly modify arbitrary files via a symlink at…

2004-12-23
Low

CVE-2004-0814

Multiple race conditions in the terminal layer in Linux 2.4.x, and 2.6.x before 2.6.9, allow (1) local users to obtain portions of kernel data via a TIOCSETD ioctl call to a terminal interface that i…

2004-12-21
Low

CVE-2004-0452

Race condition in the rmtree function in the File::Path module in Perl 5.6.1 and 5.8.4 sets read/write permissions for the world, which allows local users to delete arbitrary files and directories, a…

2004-10-20
Medium

CVE-2004-0794

Multiple signal handler race conditions in lukemftpd (aka tnftpd before 20040810) allow remote authenticated attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

2004-09-13
Low

CVE-2004-1683

A race condition in crrtrap for QNX RTP 6.1 allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH environment variable to reference a malicious io-graphics program before is executed by crrtrap.

2003-12-31
Low

CVE-2003-0956

Multiple race conditions in the handling of O_DIRECT in Linux kernel prior to version 2.4.22 could cause stale data to be returned from the disk when handling sparse files, or cause incorrect data to…

Low

CVE-2003-1073

A race condition in the at command for Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows local users to delete arbitrary files via the -r argument with .. (dot dot) sequences in the job name, then modifying the directory…

Low

CVE-2003-1120

Race condition in SSH Tectia Server 4.0.3 and 4.0.4 for Unix, when the password change plugin (ssh-passwd-plugin) is enabled, allows local users to obtain the server's private key.

Medium

CVE-2003-1288

Multiple race conditions in Linux-VServer 1.22 with Linux kernel 2.4.23 and SMP allow local users to cause a denial of service (kernel oops) via unknown attack vectors related to the (1) s_info and (…

Medium

CVE-2003-1324

Race condition in the can_open function in Elm ME+ 2.4, when installed setgid mail and the operating system lacks POSIX saved ID support, allows local users to read and modify certain files with the…

Medium

CVE-2003-1438

Race condition in BEA WebLogic Server and Express 5.1 through 7.0.0.1, when using in-memory session replication or replicated stateful session beans, causes the same buffer to be provided to two user…

2003-11-17
Medium

CVE-2003-0813

A multi-threaded race condition in the Windows RPC DCOM functionality with the MS03-039 patch installed allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or reboot) by causing two threads t…

2003-10-14
Low

CVE-2003-1061

Race condition in Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic), as demonstrated via the namefs function, pipe, and certain STREAMS routines.

2003-08-27
Low

CVE-2003-0462

A race condition in the way env_start and env_end pointers are initialized in the execve system call and used in fs/proc/base.c on Linux 2.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash).

Low

CVE-2003-0669

Unknown vulnerability in Solaris 2.6 through 9 causes a denial of service (system panic) via "a rare race condition" or an attack by local users.

2003-05-27
Medium

CVE-2003-0265

Race condition in SDBINST for SAP database 7.3.0.29 creates critical files with world-writable permissions before initializing the setuid bits, which allows local attackers to gain root privileges by…

2003-05-12
Low

CVE-2002-1563

stunnel 4.0.3 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via SIGCHLD signal handler race conditions that cause an inconsistency in the child counter.

2003-03-31
Low

CVE-2003-0086

The code for writing reg files in Samba before 2.2.8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a race condition involving chown.

2003-02-19
Low

CVE-2002-1508

slapd in OpenLDAP2 (OpenLDAP 2) 2.2.0 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a race condition during the creation of a log file for rejected replication requests.

2002-12-31
Low

CVE-2002-2092

Race condition in exec in OpenBSD 4.0 and earlier, NetBSD 1.5.2 and earlier, and FreeBSD 4.4 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges by attaching a debugger to a process before the kernel h…

2002-12-26
Medium

CVE-2002-1366

Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.1.14 through 1.1.17 allows local users with lp privileges to create or overwrite arbitrary files via file race conditions, as demonstrated by ice-cream.

2002-10-04
Low

CVE-2002-1030

Race condition in Performance Pack in BEA WebLogic Server and Express 5.1.x, 6.0.x, 6.1.x and 7.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a flood of data and connections.

2002-08-12
Medium

CVE-2002-0638

setpwnam.c in the util-linux package, as included in Red Hat Linux 7.3 and earlier, and other operating systems, does not properly lock a temporary file when modifying /etc/passwd, which may allow lo…

Low

CVE-2002-0760

Race condition in bzip2 before 1.0.2 in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier, OpenLinux 3.1 and 3.1.1, and possibly other operating systems, decompresses files with world-readable permissions before setting the p…

2002-07-26
Low

CVE-2002-0435

Race condition in the recursive (1) directory deletion and (2) directory move in GNU File Utilities (fileutils) 4.1 and earlier allows local users to delete directories as the user running fileutils…

2002-05-16
Medium

CVE-2002-0211

Race condition in the installation script for Tarantella Enterprise 3 3.01 through 3.20 creates a world-writeable temporary "gunzip" program before executing it, which could allow local users to exec…

2001-10-18
Medium

CVE-2001-0905

Race condition in signal handling of procmail 3.20 and earlier, when running setuid, allows local users to cause a denial of service or gain root privileges by sending a signal while a signal handlin…

2001-06-18
Medium

CVE-2001-0371

Race condition in the UFS and EXT2FS file systems in FreeBSD 4.2 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, makes deleted data available to user processes before it is zeroed out, which allow…

2001-06-02
Low

CVE-2001-1047

Race condition in OpenBSD VFS allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by (1) creating a pipe in one thread and causing another thread to set one of the file descriptors to NULL…

2001-05-28
Low

CVE-2001-1349

Sendmail before 8.11.4, and 8.12.0 before 8.12.0.Beta10, allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly corrupt the heap and gain privileges via race conditions in signal handlers.

2001-05-03
Low

CVE-2001-0317

Race condition in ptrace in Linux kernel 2.4 and 2.2 allows local users to gain privileges by using ptrace to track and modify a running setuid process.

2000-11-14
Low

CVE-2000-0849

Race condition in Microsoft Windows Media server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service in the Windows Media Unicast Service via a malformed request, aka the "Unicast Service Race Condi…

Medium

CVE-2000-0864

Race condition in the creation of a Unix domain socket in GNOME esound 0.2.19 and earlier allows a local user to change the permissions of arbitrary files and directories, and gain additional privile…

2000-10-20
Low

CVE-2000-0718

A race condition in MandrakeUpdate allows local users to modify RPM files while they are in the /tmp directory before they are installed.

2000-07-12
High

CVE-1999-0812

Race condition in Samba smbmnt allows local users to mount file systems in arbitrary locations.

2000-06-16
Low

CVE-2000-0501

Race condition in MDaemon 2.8.5.0 POP server allows local users to cause a denial of service by entering a UIDL command and quickly exiting the server.

2000-05-26
Low

CVE-2000-0553

Race condition in IPFilter firewall 3.4.3 and earlier, when configured with overlapping "return-rst" and "keep state" rules, allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions.

1999-08-11
Low

CVE-1999-0861

Race condition in the SSL ISAPI filter in IIS and other servers may leak information in plaintext.

1999-04-05
Low

CVE-1999-0475

A race condition in how procmail handles .procmailrc files allows a local user to read arbitrary files available to the user who is running procmail.

1999-02-17
Low

CVE-1999-0396

A race condition between the select() and accept() calls in NetBSD TCP servers allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.

1999-02-08
Medium

CVE-1999-0350

Race condition in the db_loader program in ClearCase gives local users root access by setting SUID bits.

1999-01-01
Critical

CVE-1999-0248

A race condition in the authentication agent mechanism of sshd 1.2.17 allows an attacker to steal another user's credentials.

Medium

CVE-1999-0395

A race condition in the BackWeb Polite Agent Protocol allows an attacker to spoof a BackWeb server.

Low

CVE-1999-0401

A race condition in Linux 2.2.1 allows local users to read arbitrary memory from /proc files.

1997-09-23
High

CVE-1999-0955

Race condition in wu-ftpd and BSDI ftpd allows remote attackers to gain root access via the SITE EXEC command.

1997-09-19
Medium

CVE-1999-0965

Race condition in xterm allows local users to modify arbitrary files via the logging option.

1997-05-29
Medium

CVE-1999-0035

Race condition in signal handling routine in ftpd, allowing read/write arbitrary files.

1995-12-01
Low

CVE-1999-0123

Race condition in Linux mailx command allows local users to read user files.

1995-08-29
Medium

CVE-1999-0164

A race condition in the Solaris ps command allows an attacker to overwrite critical files.