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Chromium Remote Code Execution in electron

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jul 24, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 13, 2023

Package

npm electron (npm)

Affected versions

< 1.6.14
>= 1.7.0, < 1.7.8

Patched versions

1.6.14
1.7.8

Description

Affected versions of ElectronJS are susceptible to a remote code execution vulnerability that occurs when an affected application access remote content, even if the sandbox option is enabled.

Recommendation

Update to electron version 1.7.8 or later.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 24, 2018
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Sep 13, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2017-16151

GHSA ID

GHSA-4w88-rjj3-x7wp

Source code

No known source code
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