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CVE-2017-16151
Chromium Remote Code Execution in electron
Also known as GHSA-4w88-rjj3-x7wp
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
9.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.7%
percentile 86%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
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](https://electron.atom.io/docs/api/sandbox-option) is enabled.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
2.67% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| GitHub | 3.0 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | electron | <1.6.14 >=1.7.0, <1.7.8 | 1.6.14 1.7.8 |
Affected products
- HackerOne electron node module
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
References
- electron.atom.io /blog/2017/09/27/chromium-rce-vulnerability-fix · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- nodesecurity.io /advisories/539 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16151 · advisory
- electronjs.org /blog/chromium-rce-vulnerability · web
- github.com /advisories/GHSA-4w88-rjj3-x7wp · advisory
- npmjs.com /advisories/539 · web
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-16151
- GitHub Advisory: GHSA-4w88-rjj3-x7wp
- NVD: CVE-2017-16151
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