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  • High 8.1

    Electron: Use-after-free in offscreen child window paint callback

    Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 39.8.1, 40.7.0, and 41.0.0, apps that use offscreen rendering and allow child windows via window.open() may be vulnerable to a use-after-…

  • Medium 4.7

    Electron: Registry key path injection in app.setAsDefaultProtocolClient on Windows

    Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.1, and 41.0.0, on Windows, app.setAsDefaultProtocolClient(protocol) did not validate the protocol name before writin…

  • Medium 5.8

    Electron: Use-after-free in download save dialog callback

    Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.0, 40.7.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8, apps that allow downloads and programmatically destroy sessions may be vulnerable to a use-aft…

  • High 7.5

    Electron: Use-after-free in WebContents fullscreen, pointer-lock, and keyboard-lock permission callbacks

    Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.0, 40.7.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8, apps that register an asynchronous session.setPermissionRequestHandler() may be vulnerable to …

  • High 7.0

    Electron: Use-after-free in PowerMonitor on Windows and macOS

    Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8, apps that use the powerMonitor module may be vulnerable to a use-after-free. After the native …

  • Low 3.9

    Electron: Unquoted executable path in app.setLoginItemSettings on Windows

    Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8, on Windows, app.setLoginItemSettings({openAtLogin: true}) wrote the executable path to the Run…

  • Medium 5.9

    Electron: HTTP Response Header Injection in custom protocol handlers and webRequest

    Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.3, 40.8.3, and 41.0.3, apps that register custom protocol handlers via protocol.handle() / protocol.registerSchemesAsPrivile…

  • Low 3.3

    Electron: USB device selection not validated against filtered device list

    Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.0, 40.7.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8, the select-usb-device event callback did not validate the chosen device ID against the filtere…

  • High 7.8

    Electron: Renderer command-line switch injection via undocumented commandLineSwitches webPreference

    Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.0, 40.7.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8, an undocumented commandLineSwitches webPreference allowed arbitrary switches to be appended to…

  • Medium 6.1

    Electron is vulnerable to Code Injection via resource modification

    Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. In versions below 35.7.5, 36.0.0-alpha.1 through 36.8.0, 37.0.0-alpha.1 through 37.3.1 and 38.0.0-alpha.1 through 38.0.0-beta.6, ASAR Integrity Bypass via …

  • Medium 4.4

    Electron Vulnerable to Heap Buffer Overflow in NativeImage::CreateFromPath

    Electron is an open source framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. In versions prior to 28.3.2, 29.3.3, and 30.0.3, the nativeImage.createFromPath() and nativeImage.createFromBuffer() functions call a function…

  • High 7.8

    Electron ASAR Integrity bypass by just modifying the content

    Electron is an open source framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. From versions 30.0.0-alpha.1 to before 30.0.5 and 31.0.0-alpha.1 to before 31.0.0-beta.1, Electron is vulnerable to an ASAR Integrity bypass. …

  • Medium 6.1

    ASAR Integrity bypass via filetype confusion in electron

    Electron is an open source framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. This only impacts apps that have the `embeddedAsarIntegrityValidation` and `onlyLoadAppFromAsar` fuses enabled. Apps without these fuses enabl…

  • High 8.8
    CVE-2023-5217 Exploited Public exploit EPSS 49%

    Electron affected by libvpx's heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding

    Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 and libvpx 1.13.1 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

    KEV Oct 2, 2023
  • High 8.8
    CVE-2023-4863 Exploited Public exploit EPSS 100%

    libwebp: OOB write in BuildHuffmanTable

    Heap buffer overflow in libwebp in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.187 and libwebp 1.3.2 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)

    KEV Sep 13, 2023
  • High 7.5

    Content-Secrity-Policy disabling eval not applied consistently in renderers with sandbox disabled in Electron

    Electron is a framework which lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. A Content-Security-Policy that disables eval, specifically setting a `script-src` directive and _not_ providing `unsafe-eval` in that directive, i…

  • Medium 6.0

    Context isolation bypass via nested unserializable return value in Electron

    Electron is a framework which lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Electron apps using `contextIsolation` and `contextBridge` are affected. This is a context isolation bypass, meaning that code running in the main…

  • Medium 6.1

    Electron: Out-of-package code execution when launched with arbitrary cwd

    Electron is a framework which lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Electron apps that are launched as command line executables are impacted. Specifically this issue can only be exploited if the following condition…

  • Critical 9.6
    CVE-2022-4135 Exploited EPSS 32%

    Heap buffer overflow in GPU

    Heap buffer overflow in GPU in Google Chrome prior to 107.0.5304.121 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

    KEV Nov 28, 2022
  • High 7.2

    Electron subject to Exfiltration of hashed SMB credentials on Windows via file:// redirect

    The Electron framework enables writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. In versions prior to 21.0.0-beta.1, 20.0.1, 19.0.11, and 18.3.7, Electron is vulnerable to Exposure of Sensitive Information. When following a redirect,…

  • Medium 6.6

    Electron's AutoUpdater module fails to validate certain nested components of the bundle

    Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript (JS), HTML, and CSS. A vulnerability in versions prior to 18.0.0-beta.6, 17.2.0, 16.2.6, and 15.5.5 allows attackers who have control over a given apps update server / up…

  • Low 2.2

    Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere in Electron

    Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript (JS), HTML, and CSS. A vulnerability in versions prior to 18.0.0-beta.6, 17.2.0, 16.2.6, and 15.5.5 allows a renderer with JS execution to obtain access to a new renderer…

  • Low 3.4

    Renderers can obtain access to random bluetooth device without permission in Electron

    Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. A vulnerability in versions prior to `17.0.0-alpha.6`, `16.0.6`, `15.3.5`, `14.2.4`, and `13.6.6` allows renderers to obtain access to a bluetooth device v…

  • Medium 6.8

    Sandboxed renderers can obtain thumbnails of arbitrary files through the nativeImage API

    Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. A vulnerability in versions prior to 11.5.0, 12.1.0, and 13.3.0 allows a sandboxed renderer to request a "thumbnail" image of an arbitrary file on the user…

  • Medium 5.4

    Electron vulnerable to ID collision when routing IPC messages to renderers containing OOPIFs

    The Electron framework lets users write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. In versions of Electron IPC prior to 9.4.0, 10.2.0, 11.1.0, and 12.0.0-beta.9, messages sent from the main process to a subframe in the renderer proces…

  • Medium 5.6
    CVE-2020-15215 Public exploit

    Context isolation bypass in Electron

    Electron before versions 11.0.0-beta.6, 10.1.2, 9.3.1 or 8.5.2 is vulnerable to a context isolation bypass. Apps using both `contextIsolation` and `sandbox: true` are affected. Apps using both `contextIsolation` and `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames: true` are affe…

  • High 7.5

    Unpreventable top-level navigation in Electron

    In Electron before versions 11.0.0-beta.1, 10.0.1, 9.3.0 or 8.5.1 the `will-navigate` event that apps use to prevent navigations to unexpected destinations as per our security recommendations can be bypassed when a sub-frame performs a top-frame navigation ac…

  • Medium 6.8

    Context isolation bypass via Promise in Electron

    In Electron before versions 6.1.1, 7.2.4, 8.2.4, and 9.0.0-beta21, there is a context isolation bypass, meaning that code running in the main world context in the renderer can reach into the isolated Electron context and perform privileged actions. Apps using…

  • Medium 6.8

    Arbitrary file read via window-open IPC in Electron

    In Electron before versions 7.2.4, 8.2.4, and 9.0.0-beta21, arbitrary local file read is possible by defining unsafe window options on a child window opened via window.open. As a workaround, ensure you are calling `event.preventDefault()` on all new-window ev…

  • High 7.8

    Context isolation bypass via leaked cross-context objects in Electron

    In Electron before versions 7.2.4, 8.2.4, and 9.0.0-beta21, there is a context isolation bypass. Code running in the main world context in the renderer can reach into the isolated Electron context and perform privileged actions. Apps using contextIsolation ar…

  • High 7.7

    Context isolation bypass via contextBridge in Electron

    In Electron before versions 7.2.4, 8.2.4, and 9.0.0-beta21, there is a context isolation bypass. Code running in the main world context in the renderer can reach into the isolated Electron context and perform privileged actions. Apps using both `contextIsolat…

  • High 8.1
    CVE-2018-15685 Public exploit EPSS 10%

    Electron webPreferences vulnerability can be used to perform remote code execution

    GitHub Electron 1.7.15, 1.8.7, 2.0.7, and 3.0.0-beta.6, in certain scenarios involving IFRAME elements and "nativeWindowOpen: true" or "sandbox: true" options, is affected by a WebPreferences vulnerability that can be leveraged to perform remote code executio…

  • Critical 9.8

    Chromium Remote Code Execution in electron

    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 …

  • High 8.1

    Electron Vulnerable to Code Execution by Re-Enabling Node.js Integration

    Electron version 1.7 up to 1.7.12; 1.8 up to 1.8.3 and 2.0.0 up to 2.0.0-beta.3 contains an improper handling of values vulnerability in Webviews that can result in remote code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via an app which allows execution …

  • High 8.8

    Electron protocol handler browser vulnerable to Command Injection

    Github Electron version Electron 1.8.2-beta.4 and earlier contains a Command Injection vulnerability in Protocol Handler that can result in command execute. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim opening an electron protocol handler in their brow…

  • High 8.8
    CVE-2018-1000006 Public exploit EPSS 89%

    Remote Code Execution in electron

    GitHub Electron versions 1.8.2-beta.3 and earlier, 1.7.10 and earlier, 1.6.15 and earlier has a vulnerability in the protocol handler, specifically Electron apps running on Windows 10, 7 or 2008 that register custom protocol handlers can be tricked in arbitra…

  • Medium 4.3

    Electron vulnerable to URL spoofing via PDFium

    Github Electron version 1.6.4 - 1.6.11 and 1.7.0 - 1.7.5 is vulnerable to a URL Spoofing problem when opening PDFs in PDFium resulting loading arbitrary PDFs that a hacker can control.

  • High 8.1

    Electron vulnerable to remote command execution

    GitHub Electron before 1.6.8 allows remote command execution because of a nodeIntegration bypass vulnerability. This also affects all applications that bundle Electron code equivalent to 1.6.8 or earlier. Bypassing the Same Origin Policy (SOP) is a preconditi…

  • High 7.8

    High severity vulnerability that affects electron

    Untrusted search path vulnerability in Atom Electron before 0.33.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Node.js module in a parent directory of a directory named on a require line.