What is CVE-2017-1000424?

CVE-2017-1000424 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Atom Electron. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2018-01-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-1000424?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-1000424 known to be exploited?

5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Atom Electron

CVE-2017-1000424

Github Electron version 1.6.4 - 1.6.11 and 1.7.0 - 1.7.5 is vulnerable to a URL Spoofing problem when opening PDFs in PDFium resulting loading arbitrary PDFs that a hacker can control.

Published 2018-01-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (61.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 62nd percentile — 61.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Atom Electron

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/electron/electron/pull/10008 (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/electron/electron/pull/10008/files (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1000424?: CVE-2017-1000424 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Atom Electron. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2018-01-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000424?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-1000424 known to be exploited?: 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.