CVE-2017-16151

Summary

CVE	CVE-2017-16151
State	PUBLIC
Assigner	[email protected]
Source Priority	CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published	2018-06-07 02:29:00 UTC
Updated	2019-10-09 23:24:00 UTC
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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-94

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Application	Electronjs	Electron	All	All	All	All
Application	Electronjs	Electron	All	All	All	All

References

Reference	Source	Link	Tags
Overview	MISC	nodesecurity.io	Third Party Advisory
Chromium RCE Vulnerability Fix \| Electron	MISC	electron.atom.io	Broken Link
CVE Program record	CVE.ORG	www.cve.org	canonical
NVD vulnerability detail	NVD	nvd.nist.gov	canonical, analysis

No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.

Legacy QID Mappings

983146 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for electron (GHSA-4w88-rjj3-x7wp)