CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-16151
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
Description
Based on details posted by the ElectronJS team; A remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in Google Chromium that affects all recent versions of Electron. Any Electron app that accesses remote content is vulnerable to this exploit, regardless of whether the sandbox option is enabled.
Affected configurations
• electronjs electron (< 1.7.8)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness
References
- https://electron.atom.io/blog/2017/09/27/chromium-rce-vulnerability-fix Broken Link
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/539 Third Party Advisory
- https://electron.atom.io/blog/2017/09/27/chromium-rce-vulnerability-fix Broken Link
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/539 Third Party Advisory