Code Injection in Electron - CVE-2017-16151
Published: June 7, 2018 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31286
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-16151
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
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 software
Electron
How to mitigate CVE-2017-16151
Install update from vendor's website.
Electron - update to 1.7.8