CVE-2024-29900 HIGH

CVE-2024-29900: @electron/packager's build process memory potentially leaked into final executable

Vendor Electron
Product packager
Weakness CWE-402
Published March 29, 2024
Last update August 2, 2024

CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 29, 2024 CVE published
August 2, 2024 Record updated