CVE-2024-46993 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-46993: Electron Vulnerable to Heap Buffer Overflow in NativeImage::CreateFromPath

Vendor Electron
Product electron
Weakness CWE-122
Published July 1, 2025
Last update July 2, 2025

CVSS base score

4.4/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Electron is an open source framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. In versions prior to 28.3.2, 29.3.3, and 30.0.3, the nativeImage.createFromPath() and nativeImage.createFromBuffer() functions call a function downstream that is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow. An Electron program that uses either of the affected functions is vulnerable to a buffer overflow if an attacker is in control of the image's height, width, and contents. This issue has been patched in versions 28.3.2, 29.3.3, and 30.0.3. There are no workarounds for this issue.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 1, 2025 CVE published
July 2, 2025 Record updated