Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting electron package, versions <1.6.14 >=1.7.0 <1.7.8 >=1.8.0 <1.8.1
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
1.6% (88th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID npm:electron:20170927
- published 28 Sep 2017
- disclosed 26 Sep 2017
- credit Electron Team
Introduced: 26 Sep 2017
CVE-2017-16151 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade electron to version 1.6.14, 1.7.8, 1.8.1 or higher.
Overview
electron is a framework which lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. An arbitrary code execution vulnerability was discovered in Google Chromium, affecting many versions of Electron. Any Electron app that accesses remote content is vulnerable to this exploit, regardless of whether the sandbox option is enabled.
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