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CVE-2024-29900

HIGH

7.5

Description

Electron Packager bundles Electron-based application source code with a renamed Electron executable and supporting files into folders ready for distribution. A random segment of ~1-10kb of Node.js heap memory allocated either side of a known buffer will be leaked into the final executable. This memory _could_ contain sensitive information such as environment variables, secrets files, etc. This issue is patched in 18.3.1.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.5

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published3/29/2024

Last Modified5/7/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

openjsf:packager

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-402

References

https://github.com/electron/packager/commit/d421d4bd3ced889a4143c5c3ab6d95e3be249eee(security-advisories@github.com)

https://github.com/electron/packager/security/advisories/GHSA-34h3-8mw4-qw57(security-advisories@github.com)

https://github.com/electron/packager/commit/d421d4bd3ced889a4143c5c3ab6d95e3be249eee(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/electron/packager/security/advisories/GHSA-34h3-8mw4-qw57(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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