CVE-2017-16151

CRITICAL

9.8

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.0140%

EPSS Percentile8.70th

PublishedJun 7, 2018

Last ModifiedNov 21, 2024

Vulnerability 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](https://electron.atom.io/docs/api/sandbox-option) is enabled.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

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Electronjs

Electron

< 1.7.8

References & Advisories

🔗 https://electron.atom.io/blog/2017/09/27/chromium-rce-vulnerability-fix

🔗 https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/539