CVE-2024-29900
@electron/packager's build process memory potentially leaked into final executable
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Mar 29, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 2, 2024
- Reserved
- Mar 21, 2024
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-402 Transmission of Private Resources into a New Sphere ('Resource Leak')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
packagerelectron |
|
References
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